Creditor-imposed austerity reforms have led to an increase in rural poverty and food insecurity in Greece, leading the country to violate its people’s right to food, an international research and advocacy body has concluded.

Despite the challenges posed by this summer’s drought and African Swine Fever, the situation on EU agricultural markets is now relatively stable and does not justify any market intervention, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has told national Ministers.

The agri-food sector could play a pivotal role in the development of Africa and the creation of jobs to employ a sky-rocketing population, a lead public policy advisor has said.

The Parliament and EU Council have agreed new rules which will make it easier for organic and waste-based fertilisers to access the single market.

The agri-food sector could play a pivotal role in the development of Africa and the creation of jobs to employ a sky-rocketing population, a lead public policy advisor has said.

One of the Cambodia’s largest rice producers has appealed to the European Commission to reverse its decision to impose tariffs on the commodity’s imports from the country.

The Parliament and EU Council have agreed new rules which will make it easier for organic and waste-based fertilisers to access the single market.

The EU will this week renew its request for the establishment of a WTO panel to assess whether Russia has complied with a ruling against its ban on EU pork and other pig products.

The EU fertiliser industry has voiced its concern over the Commission’s decision to reduce the anti-dumping duty on ammonium nitrate originating from the Russian Federation.

The Parliament and EU Council have agreed new rules which will make it easier for organic and waste-based fertilisers to access the single market.

The agri-food sector could play a pivotal role in the development of Africa and the creation of jobs to employ a sky-rocketing population, a lead public policy advisor has said.

Iceland, the UK supermarket chain, has been labelled “hypocritical” by Malaysia’s Minister of Primary Industries for generating publicity using an old Greenpeace anti-palm oil TV advert.

In a major move to combat global deforestation, French authorities have presented a strategy to limit the imports of agri-food products linked to the disappearance of forest areas.

The European Parliament has confirmed the provisional agreement reached with the Council in June to end subsidies for food-based biofuels and the contribution of renewables to the EU’s energy mix.

Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro has been lauded by agribusiness and lambasted by environmentalists, but what impact is he likely to have on the country’s farming sector and lucrative agri-food exports?

Senior European dairy trade executives echoed similar views on the UK’s under-fire Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the EU at this week’s European Dairy Association Annual Convention in Dublin this week – far from perfect, but much better than most of the alternatives.

Two members of the UK government have resigned in protest over the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement which was unveiled last night.

The United Kingdom will stay part of a ‘Single Customs Union’ with the EU for as long as is necessary post-Brexit to resolve the Irish border question – thus preventing the UK from doing its own Free Trade Agreements with third countries for agricultural and other products for a potentially indefinite period of time after 2020.