L-Ewropa hi dar għal varjetà sabiħa ta’ dakkara. Din il-varjetà hija essenzjali għal natura b'saħħitha u għall-benesseri tagħna. Hawn huma ftit mid-dakkara eroj....
The science is clear: the biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis and the health crisis are interdependent. Political leaders from across the world, representing 80+ countries and the European Union, have also recognised this connection in the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature. Climate change accelerat...
Pollinators are vital to our wellbeing and the survival of nature. By helping plants reproduce, pollinators support a steady supply of healthy and economically valuable food for humans and prop up entire ecosystems. However, we are at risk of losing these benefits, and many others, with the ongo...
This report describes the outcome of a series of audits in non-EU countries to evaluate the system of official plant health controls for the export of plants for planting and seeds to the European Union. Official controls in the exporting countries are not always carried out in line with EU requ...
As part of the EU emergency measures against the pine wood nematode (PWN) (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) laid down under Decision 2012/535/EU, Portugal should perform, outside and during the flight season of the vector, surveys of coniferous trees located in the 20 km wide buffer zone established ...
Στο πλαίσιο του έργου της STOA με τίτλο «Τεχνολογικές επιλογές για τον επισιτισμό 10 δισεκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων», η εν λόγω έκθεση αναλύει τους τρόπους με τους οποίους οι αντιλήψεις, πρακτικές και τεχνολογίες διαχείρισης της γεωργίας, συμπεριλαμβανομένης της βελτίωσης των φυτών, θα μπορούσαν να κα...
In the frame of the STOA project “Technology options for feeding 10 billion people”, this report analyse how farming management concepts, practices and technologies, including plant breeding, could enable sustainable intensification of crop production, with the aim to increase food production an...
