This short-term outlook edition provides a forecast of market developments for key agricultural markets in 2022 and 2023 based on market intelligence available until mid-March 2022. It looks at the prospects for the agricultural markets notably in the instable context following t...
This study provides a synthesis of the annual implementation reports of POSEI (Programme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of the outermost regions) and the programme for the smaller Aegean islands (SAI) for the years 2015 to 2019. The net impacts of POSEI and ...
Due to their specific characteristics, the EU supports the agricultural sectors of the outermost regions (OR) Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint-Martin and Réunion Island (France), the Canary Islands (Spain), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal) and the Smaller Ae...
Agricultural products are a key part of the European economy and an important component of trade between the EU and the rest of the world. In 2020, the total value of agricultural goods exported by EU countries to the rest of the world was €185 billion, with trade in agricultural...
From early 2020 until the end of 2021, JRC’s Geodata and Technologies for the Common Agriculture Policy (GTCAP) team developed the checks by monitoring quality assurance (CbM QA) methodology to address concerns expressed by the Member States (MS) and to follow a recommendation of...
Compared to other agricultural sectors in Europe, the direct output of apiculture is small, but, due to its pollination services, it has a major impact on the efficiency of European food production and the sustainability of ecosystems. Even when managed by man, honey bees maintai...
The EurBeST study explores possibilities for in-creasing the varroa resistance of commercially available honey bees by selective breeding and analyses ways to improve beekeepers’ access to resistant material.
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The EurBeST study explores possibilities for increasing the varroa resistance of commercially available honey bees by selective breeding and analyses ways to improve beekeepers’ access to resistant material. Analysis of the EU market for reproductive material, including queen pro...
One fourth of all water abstracted in the EU is used for agriculture, mainly for irrigation. Many regions are already affected by water scarcity and climate change is likely to exacerbate this. The Water Framework Directive sets a target of good status for all water bodies by 202...
Although since the 1960s agricultural innovations have enabled major productivity gains to feed the entire European population at a fair price, this has not been without consequences for the environment and society. Our specialised, productivity-oriented systems have proven unabl...