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The increase of severe food insecurity is a major point of concern. At the request of the Parliament’s Development committee, two briefings were prepared to explore the role of food security and nutrition as basic interventions in development policies. By drawing on a series of ‘stories from the field’, the first briefing showed the importance of focusing on supporting local food systems, while incorporating a household-centric view of crop diversification and resilience. The second briefing built ...

La Unión Europea pretende reducir de aquí a 2030 las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero un 40 % respecto de los niveles de 1990 para cumplir los compromisos internacionales asumidos en el marco del Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático. En los sectores no cubiertos por el régimen de comercio de derechos de emisión de la Unión (RCDE UE), este esfuerzo de reducción se reparte entre los Estados miembros de la Unión. En el sector del uso de la tierra y la silvicultura, cada uno de los Estados ...

El presente estudio ha dado como resultado la identificación de cuatro oportunidades y preocupaciones futuras fundamentales en relación con la agricultura de precisión (AP) en la Unión y con respecto a las que el Parlamento Europeo podría adoptar medidas preventivas: 1. la AP puede contribuir activamente a la seguridad alimentaria y la inocuidad de los alimentos; 2. la AP contribuye a la sostenibilidad del sector agropecuario; 3. la AP desencadenará cambios sociales a medida que aumente su tasa de ...

The EU and the USA are currently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), an agreement which could have major consequences for trade in agricultural products. In a document explaining the EU's TTIP proposal on agriculture, the European Commission said that it is aimed at increasing EU-US imports and exports by reducing tariffs and non-tariff protection, while respecting the individual agricultural models and standards of the EU and USA. This infographic gives an overview ...

This is the reference document of the Workshop on the "Effects of the structural changes on EU farming: How to better support the European model of agriculture of the 21st century with the CAP" of 14th March 2016, organised by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (COMAGRI) and the Policy Department B (AGRI Research) of the European Parliament .It is structured in three parts: 1. Farm structural change in Western Europe and the CAP. 2. Farm structural change in Central and Eastern ...

With the main stated objectives of the CAP in mind, relevant comparisons that involve the incomes of farmers are made. EU official data sources are used to describe income differences between holdings of different sizes and types and between Member States. Comparisons between the incomes of farmer household and other groups in society have to rely on ad hoc information. Recommendations relate to the support of small farms, actions to mitigate instability and to fill the important gap in farm household ...

Hundreds of millions of people live in food insecurity, lacking nutritious food and the means to develop their resilience to natural and man-made disasters and shocks. Obstacles to improving the situation are numerous and include climate change and resource scarcity, poor regulations and rights-based considerations, insufficient human and technical capacities and training. Nevertheless, it is possible to produce enough food for all and to build a more sustainable and just food system. For this to ...

Executive summary This report sets out to provide an integrated picture of land degradation issues and actions within the EU. Findings from literature, academic research and policy analysis are brought together within this study, in order to explain: the extent of degradation to date in Europe and globally; the drivers and pressures leading to this; the impacts of degradation both directly upon the land and indirectly in relation to inter alia water resources, climate change, food production, biodiversity ...