Tag: Ecology and agriculture
Glyphosate: EU food authority sees no cancer risk
Glyphosate use in agriculture The herbicide is the best-selling crop protection product worldwide. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Dusseldorf The highest EU authority for food safety (EFSA) still does not consider the…
Aldi Süd wants to benefit from the discount organic boom with a new brand
Dusseldorf The discounter Aldi Süd is launching a new brand for organic food. Starting this Monday, 15 items will initially be on the shelves under the name “Nur Nur Natur”.…
Aldi Süd wants to benefit from the discount organic boom with a new brand
Dusseldorf The discounter Aldi Süd is launching a new brand for organic food. Starting this Monday, 15 items will initially be on the shelves under the name “Nur Nur Natur”.…
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…
How the government wants to protect the water in Germany
A beet field in North Rhine-Westphalia is irrigated Federal states and municipalities should develop strategies for possible phases of water scarcity. (Photo: imago images/Rupert Oberhäuser) Berlin The Federal Cabinet passed…
National water strategy Municipalities warn of conflicts over water scarcity
Berlin In the event of water shortages in Germany, the German Association of Towns and Municipalities is urging prioritization of water distribution. “Especially with a view to increasing heat and…
Unions criticize poor working conditions for seasonal workers
Seasonal workers harvesting asparagus “In the 2022 season, the situation changed fundamentally due to the Ukraine war.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin The working conditions of foreign seasonal workers in German agriculture…
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…
Bayer buys biotech startup Targenomix – search for the next glyphosate
Use of pesticides in agriculture Dusseldorf The chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer is expanding research into new crop protection products and is buying the Potsdam-based biotech company Targenomix. Bayer confirmed…
Diagnostics group is probably talking to Bio-Rad about merger
Qiagen in Hilden Is the merger with Bio-Rad coming? No comment was received from either Qiagen or Bio-Rad. (Photo: Reuters) new York According to a media report, the two diagnostics…
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 –…
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,”…
Can sustainable agriculture still be a priority in the current crisis?
“The world is on fire” – with Corona, the attack on Ukraine, the climate crisis, the massive loss of biodiversity and rapidly increasing costs in the supply chain, several crises…
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…