Tag: Agricultural policy
EU wants to allow genetic engineering in agriculture: Organic farmers are appalled
Corn plants in BASF research in North America Researchers, farmers and agricultural companies should now also be able to enter the biotech business on a large scale in Europe. (Photo:…
EU wants to allow genetic engineering in agriculture: Organic farmers are appalled
Corn plants in BASF research in North America Researchers, farmers and agricultural companies should now also be able to enter the biotech business on a large scale in Europe. (Photo:…
Producer prices in agriculture fall for the first time in two years
Agriculture in Lower Saxony Grain in particular is now significantly cheaper again after the price wave caused by the Ukraine war has subsided. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the case of…
Eastern Europe’s farmers are rebelling against Ukrainian grain imports
Vienna Eastern EU countries have been complaining for months about the consequences that cheap Ukrainian grain is having on their farmers. Now some countries have acted on their own. This…
Better climate, less hunger – the photosynthesis revolution
Improvement in photosynthesis An international research project relies on genetic methods to improve photosynthesis in plants. (Photo: Imago [M]) Dusseldorf Plants are small power plants. From sunlight, water and carbon…
Russia is increasingly hindering Ukrainian agricultural exports
Grain carriers in the Sea of Marmara The Grains Agreement would currently expire shortly before the anniversary of the start of the war. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Food exports from Ukraine…
Russia is increasingly hindering Ukrainian agricultural exports
Grain carriers in the Sea of Marmara The Grains Agreement would currently expire shortly before the anniversary of the start of the war. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Food exports from Ukraine…
Bavaria pays part of the insurance premiums for farmers
Munich The increasing threats posed by climate change are leading to new insurance concepts for agriculture, which is particularly affected. Bavaria is the first federal state to decide that the…
Russia scraps grain deal with Ukraine
grain carrier If the freighters can no longer safely cross the seas, there could be a famine. (Photo: dpa) Warsaw Russia’s renewed blockade of grain exports from Ukraine is now…
Two months after the opening of Ukrainian ports
Grain in Odessa Transporting grain to the ports is a major challenge for Ukrainian farmers. (Photo: Reuters) Vienna For some it’s a major diplomatic success, for others an economic threat:…
That’s why agriculture is at its limit
Around eight billion people currently live on earth; according to UN forecasts, there will be around 9.7 billion by 2050. People who need a roof over their heads, clothing –…
Europe is wasting its water – and member states are doing too little about it
Global trends Handelsblatt author Thomas Hanke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in the column. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Europe suffers a drought crisis. As reported by…
Farmers fear fertilizer shortages and pesticide bans
Dusseldorf The use of pesticides in the EU is to be reduced by half in the next few years – this is what the plans in the Green Deal of…
We must eat less meat to ensure a sustainable world diet
In his guest article for the Handelsblatt on July 18, Björn Lomborg from the Copenhagen Consensus Center dug deep into the mothball and ignored 40 years of scientific knowledge in…
Grain harvest & illegal immigrants worry Spain
Madrid The office of Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas has something of a ballroom in it – meter-high ceilings, wood paneling on the walls and plenty of space between the…
Grain harvest & illegal immigrants worry Spain
Madrid The office of Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Planas has something of a ballroom in it – meter-high ceilings, wood paneling on the walls and plenty of space between the…
Compulsive organic farming is irresponsible
With the looming global food crisis, policy makers around the world need to think hard about how to make food cheaper and more available. This will require a willingness to…
Meat, but climate-friendly: This is how clever agriculture works
Old Madlitz Benedikt Bösel reaches into the soil of his test field in the Mark Brandenburg. “Here the hummus is nice and cool, although it has hardly rained for months,”…
Meat, but climate-friendly: This is how clever agriculture works
Old Madlitz Benedikt Bösel reaches into the soil of his test field in the Mark Brandenburg. “Here the hummus is nice and cool, although it has hardly rained for months,”…
Will genetic engineering end world hunger?
Dusseldorf The effects of the Russian war of aggression can also be felt in German supermarkets. Food prices are higher than they have been for a long time, rising again…