The consumption of mineral fertilisers (nitrogen and phosphorus) in agricultural production in the EU was 10.9 million tonnes in 2021, equivalent to a year-on-year decrease of 2.2% compared with 2020 and a cumulative decline of 6.4% from the relative peak in 2017.
The Commission proposes to mobilise additional EU funding for EU farmers impacted by adverse climatic events, high input costs, and diverse market and trade related issues. The new support package will consist of €330 million for 22 Member States. In addition, Member States today approved the €100 million support package for farmers in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia presented on 3 May. Several other measures, including a possibility of higher advance payments should support farmers affected by adverse climatic events.
Teenovator is a national training programme for 16-17 years’ old young people, voluntary and free of charge. It was launched 5 years ago and this year there were over 500 participants from all over the country. Two mentors provide them entrepreneurial knowledge and experience in innovations for 9 months to help them build soft skills, prepare business plans, evaluate ideas, draft financial plans. They learn all that is necessary to start a business right away with minimum risk of failure.
According to reports seen by the Irish Independent, in order to meet the ambitious climate targets the Irish government has proposed putting up EUR 600 mln to pay for the culling of 65,000 cows per year over a three-year period.
The Irish government intends to have the country functioning with zero carbon emissions by 2050. In order to meet such lofty aims 10% of all livestock in Ireland would need to be “displaced” in the years ahead.
European Commission published a study on the contributions of the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) and the National Rural Networks (NRN) to the implementation of the EU’s rural development policy. These two networks led to stakeholders being more involved in the day-to-day implementation of rural development projects in the period 2014-22. This resulted, among other things, in better implementation more suited to local needs.
The 2023 EU AgriResearch Conference, taking place in Brussels from 31 May to 2 June 2023, will provide helpful guidance and reflection on the future priority research and innovation investments needed to support agriculture, forestry and rural areas.
Open Science Forum, an initiative of the CAP: Science Talks campaign, held its second edition as part of the National Youth Forum “Science, Technology, Innovations, Business”, organized by Association Science and Technology Unions and Science and Technology House Plovdiv in collaboration with Evrika Foundation.
Bulgarian rose oil has been registered under the Geneva Act in the International Register of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), caretaker Deputy Minister of Agriculture Georgi Sabev on Thursday during a conference on "Geographical indications for agricultural and non-agricultural products -challenges and changes", organized by the Patent Office on the International Intellectual Property Day. Sabev joined the event online ahead of his participation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) meeting in Paris.
Using biomass to produce food, materials and energy can help boost rural communities, increase competitiveness and combat many of the challenges that the EU is faced with. These are the conclusions put forward by farming ministers on the opportunities that a sustainable and circular bioeconomy presents for a greener, fairer and more competitive Europe.
Peter Kullgren, Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs: