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Farming sustainably - for the long term
Improved understanding of complex environmental and agricultural systems can deliver a sustainable food-secure future. (Photo: 'Kasaa' Flickr)
Can we measure sustainability?
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New direction for European Crop Protection
ECPA has a new logo, a token of our ambition to facilitate sustainable solutions for contemporary agricultural challenges.
Pesticide industry hungry for change
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Hungry for Change? Live conference webcast this Thursday
Join the live webcast and online discussion via www.hungry4change.eu - Follow on Twitter with #h4c2011
Have your say on a future of sustainable agricultural productivity
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UK: Decline in organic food sales is good news for innovation and technology
Shoppers are turning away from organic food. Converting world agriculture to organic production would lead to lower crop yields, greater risk of crop loss and a rapid increase in world food prices. (Photo: 'peterandringa' Flickr)
Organic food sales drop for the third year in a row improving outlook for science and sustainability
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Europe needs innovation in agriculture
Today, farmers have the best ever set of safe, environmentally sound tools to protect our food supply and to avoid food crises and ecological damage.
Is Europe prepared to champion innovation?
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Europe, do we have enough on our plate?
Europe is a big player in the food supply challenge - our actions have impact the world over. (Photo: 'restorationcomedy' flickr)
The Polish Government is serving up food security as a priority as it takes its place at the head...
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Pollinators and Agriculture - a report
One of 20,000 known bee species, the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) is the most common pollinator and the iconic provider of honey. (Photo: 'Antje Schulte' flickr)
An exploration of pollinators and pollination; is there a pollinator population crisis?
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Crop protection is biodiversity protection
Maximising productivity on the farmland that we have reduces demand for new farmland. (Photo: 'Aerial Photography' flickr)
More food without more farmland - crop protection solutions for biological diversity
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International Day for Biodiversity 2011 - The Future of Food and Farming
"This is a unique time in history - decisions made now and over the next few decades will disproportionately influence the future of agriculture and food security," Prof. John Beddington FRS (UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser)
See the forest for the trees this International Biodiversity Day
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Pesticides blame-game draws attention away from the real causes of bee decline
Beekeepers value bees. In 2007 the UK honey market was worth £67m. (Photo: 'shankz' flickr)
Message to British Bee Keepers Association from the UK Crop Protection Association
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