Environment

UN agency and French Government urge inclusion of food security in global climate change debate

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FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and French Minister of Agriculture Stéphane...

Organic food: boosting EU production and enhancing consumer trust

Organic farmers, processors, traders and importers must meet higher but realistic sustainability criteria and undergo strict food fraud checks to boost trust in the EU organic label, said agriculture MEPs on Tuesday. They introduced measures to avoid...

Eight things you should know about GMOs

The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) remains controversial, which is why the EU has very strict rules and complex authorisation procedures concerning their cultivation and commercialisation. Since April 2015, EU countries are able to ban...

Syngenta withdraws two GM crops following widespread rejection by EU governments

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