Agriculture
Top EU food agency official resigns
The European Food Safety Authority has requested the resignation of senior board member Diána Bánáti after she accepted an "incompatible" position at the International Life Sciences InstituteGM debate in Europe based on 'emotion, not evidence'
Genetically modified crops and animals could help Europe lead the way when it comes to tackling global issues like food security - claims new EU chief scientist
EU must back Palestinians cut off from farmlands by Israel
By preventing Palestinian farmers from reaching their land for most of the year, Israel is reducing many of them to poverty - claims Bill Van Esveld
'Green protectionism' and Europe's coming trade wars
European Union environmental policies relating to carbon emissions, tar sands and biofuels could propel Europe into trade wars with its key trading partners - warns Fredrik ErixonAnother Common Agricultural Policy reform - another fudge?
The EU could create a more competitive and balanced European agricultural sector if it announced that all direct income support would be phased out over the next 10 years – argues Séan RickardThe new EU chief scientist - in her first major interview
Freshly installed as the first ever EU chief scientific adviser – Anne Glover speaks exclusively to Dean Carroll about her new role and the big issues she will focus on including GM, the common agricultural and fisheries policies as well as nanotechnology and the role of scientists in the 2008 economic crashEU Budget rise of 1.8 per cent threatens recovery
EU could run out of cash and lose AAA rating, due to scaled back budget increase of just 1.85 per cent-
The dangers of GM - Europe must learn the lessons from America
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EU 'can show global leadership' with CAP reform
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Agricultural patents 'threat' to Europe's farmers
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Pig welfare standards must be enforced everywhere, says MEP
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Reforms should ensure CAP rewards food production
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EU producers to benefit from end of beef trade dispute
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Cocoa production child labour ban 'culturally insenstive' - MEP
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