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  • 04.11.2013 – 15:16

    Why Europe Needs more Productive Agriculture

    Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - New academic study shows that productive agriculture brings significant benefits for food security, resource efficiency, economic stability, improved biodiversity, climate-change mitigation Productive agriculture delivers important benefits to Europe and the world - from increased food security and more efficient land use to climate change mitigation, biodiversity protection and economic and ...

  • 11.06.2013 – 11:31

    Use Pesticides Safely and Sustainably

    Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - Solutions for Smallholder Famers and Amateur Users on How to Protect Their Gardens and Small Food Productions The Safe and Sustainable Use Initiative meets again for its annual conference, this time in Bratislava, Slovakia, where farmers, regulators and plant protection representatives discuss best ways to provide farmers and operators with an easy-to-use toolbox of solutions to ensure the ...

  • 22.05.2013 – 10:32

    Keeping Pesticides Out of Water

    Brussels, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - Crop Protection industry rolls-out new scheme for water and biodiversity protection Building on a growing portfolio of stewardship initiatives to ensure sustainable use of pesticides, the crop protection industry is embarking on a new campaign to promote the implementation of buffer strips between cropped areas and open water bodies to reduce pesticide pollution of water from run-off and promote biodiversity. This scheme aims to see ...

  • 15.03.2013 – 17:22

    European Crop Protection: Failure to Reach Consensus on Important Pesticides in EU Committee Vote

    Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - ECPA recommends proportionate, evidence-based approach, as Standing Committee delivers 'no opinion' on neonicotinoids Member States have failed to reach a qualified majority in a vote potentially leading to a ban on the use of neonicotinoid based pesticides on crops attractive to bees. The European Commission's Appeal Committee will now ...

  • 12.03.2013 – 19:37

    EFSA Report Concludes Higher Pesticide Residue Compliance Rate

    Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Sustainable farming practices are key for food safety The Annual Report on Pesticide Residues 2010 shows that 97.2 % of the samples were within the maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides permitted for food products in the EU and 98.4% for the EU coordinated program. On dietary exposure, EFSA concluded that the chemical residues on the foods analysed did not pose a long-term risk to ...

  • 15.01.2013 – 07:02

    Report Confirms Essential Value of Neonicotinoid Pesticides for Europe

    Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - A Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture report highlights that if neonicotinoid seed treatments were no longer available, impact on the EU economy could be as great as EUR4.5 billion with a loss of at least 50,000 farm jobs across the EU. Over a 5-year period, the EU could lose up to EUR17 billion and face a significant increase in pest ...

  • 20.09.2012 – 11:32

    Innovation Critical in Fight to Save Food

    Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Study finds innovation key driver of European agricultural productivity, competitiveness Against a backdrop of food-price spikes and calls for action on global food security, an assessment of the economic importance of a key class of crop protection chemicals has confirmed the value of hi-tech solutions for sustainable productive agriculture and underlined the essential contribution of research ...