Agriculture Food packaging Based on information from the presidency and the Commission, ministers exchanged views on the food safety and food waste aspects of the proposed regulation on packaging and packaging waste, which aims to reduce the amount of packaging waste generated in the EU while also maintaining a high level of food safety. With […]
What is the EU Food Safety Strategy?
Creating a sustainable food system is one of the EU’s goals, while ensuring that the food on the tables of all countries is healthy and safe. The European institutions care about what their citizens eat and want to make sure that all food is good for them and reasonably priced. This is the EU Food […]
On 2 January 2023, the law regulating the management system of the new CAP entered into force.
The Law is adapted to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 which establishes rules for the implementation in the Member States of the management system of the new CAP. On 2 January 2023, Law 30/2022 of 23 December, which regulates the management system of the Common Agricultural Policy and other related matters, enters into force. It sets out […]
Commission allocates €186 million to promote sustainable and high quality EU agri-food products
The European Commission will allocate €185.9 million in 2023 to fund promotion activities for sustainable and high quality EU agri-food products in the EU and worldwide. The 2023 promotion policy work programme adopted by the Commission contributes to the realisation of the political priorities of the European Commission for 2019-2024, in particular the Farm to Fork strategy. The promotion […]
Agriculture and Fisheries Council: EU ministers discuss progress on the EU Forest Strategy for 2030
Agriculture New EU Forest Strategy 2030 Agriculture ministers discussed the progress made so far on implementation of the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, as well as measures that could be taken both at national and EU level to enhance its efficiency. Ministers also exchanged views on how to enhance cooperation between the Commission, member […]
The Primaflor Chair of the UAL celebrates its first year awarding the Prize for the Best Final Year Project
Governed by the criteria that give name to the chair itself, “Sustainable Agriculture and Healthy Food”, this first edition goes to a student from the University of Almeria and his research on tomato cultivation, and a runner-up is given to another student, from the Public University of Navarra, which deals with the cultivation of broccoli […]
Commission to establish Solidarity Lanes to help Ukraine export agricultural goods
As part of the EU’s solidarity response with Ukraine, the Commission has presented a set of actions to help Ukraine export its agricultural produce. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its blockade of Ukrainian ports, Ukrainian grain and other agricultural goods can no longer reach their destinations. The situation is threatening global food security and […]
The UAL and the Junta will create the Germplasm Bank of plant species of Almeria
The University of Almeria and the Andalusian Regional Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development, have signed a protocol to collaborate in the implementation of the Germplasm Bank of unique trees and groves of Almeria, some of them thousands of years old. The Rector of the UAL, Carmelo Rodríguez, and the […]
Videoconference between the Ministers of Agriculture of Southern Europe and FAO
On April 20, Luis Planas took part in a videoconference between the Ministers of Agriculture of Southern Europe – Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain – and representatives of FAO to discuss the risks and solutions to the impact of the Ukrainian invasion on the agri-food systems of Southern Europe and the world as a whole. […]