Home > Food > All content about Food

All content about Food

Pesticide residues - What are Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), and is my food safe? (Video)
Published on 15-04-2013
See video
All about pesticide residues and food safetyRead more
ECPA stakeholder gathering drives change for sustainable productive agriculture (Article)
Published on 12-04-2013
Exchanges focused on maintaining healthy biodiversity and productive agriculture, management of pesticides residues on food, farmer health, and minimising pesticide run-off to water.
Water, food, health and biodiversity topics lead the day as industry delivers open forum on pesticides and sustainable practicesRead more
EFSA Report concludes higher pesticide residue compliance rate (News item)
Published on 12-03-2013
Year after year we see a higher and higher level of compliance with MRLs - good news for European consumers, farmers and the crop protection industry. (Photo: 'dounieka' Flickr)
Sustainable farming practices key for food safetyRead more
Hungry for Change 2 (Event)
Published on 25-02-2013
Engage with the crop protection industry on the topics of food, water, health and biodiversityRead more
Mediterranean greenhouse production – lessons learned (News item)
Published on 06-02-2013
Improvements have been made within the past years; exceedances of Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) have diminished and residues in general have been declining. (Photo: 'LollyKnit' Flickr)
Crop protection industry initiates project to contribute to minimise pesticide residues in foodRead more
Food and crop diversity under threat in Europe (News item)
Published on 18-12-2012
Lack of proper tools compromises the diversity of high quality food in Europe and impacts the competitiveness of the entire agri-food chain. (Photo: Flickr 'Fovea Centralis')
Agri-food Chain urges EC to act on limited availability of Plant Protection Products for Minor Uses and Speciality CropsRead more
The European Food Security Conference (Event)
Published on 14-09-2012
Exploring Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Europe and BeyondRead more
Global food price rise must prompt EU re-think on science-based agriculture (News item)
Published on 10-08-2012
According to FAO, cereal values increased by 17% and sugar prices rose by 12%, while extensive drought damage in the US pushed maize prices up by almost 23% in a single month. (Photo: 'seemakk' Flickr)
FAO reports 6% rise in global food price index, citing untimely rains, drought and production difficulties as major factorsRead more
The importance of securing global food supply (News item)
Published on 26-04-2012
The report highlights the very serious risks of failing to tackle the global challenge of food security - from human terror and civil unrest to trade disruption and mass migration. (Photo: 'Peter Casier')
Report examines relationship between Food Security and National SecurityRead more
Price not key factor in organic decline (News item)
Published on 05-03-2012
A third successive annual decline sees the UK organic down 20% on its 2008 peak. (Photo: 'judy_and_ed' Flickr)
Is the organic food boom over?Read more
Plant science improves lives (News item)
Published on 01-03-2012
Advances in plant science offer exciting opportunities to improve the yield, quality and climate resilience of our major food crops. (Photo: 'thinkpanama' Flickr)
Recognising the critical importance of scienceRead more
5th Forum for the Future of Agriculture (Event)
Published on 28-02-2012
Meeting the Food and Environmental Challenge: Resource efficiency, innovation and governance Read more
The 9 billion people question (part 2) (Article)
Published on 24-02-2012
Protecting crops and avoiding crop loss to pests and disease is a significant contribution to sustainable agriculture. (Photo: 'CIMMYT' Flickr)
Yield gap is a tremendous opportunityRead more
Food Security is National Security (News item)
Published on 23-02-2012
Hurricane Katrina approaching the Gulf Coast, 28th August 2005. Natural disasters can lead to rapid collapse of infrastructure and services which support large urban populations. (Photo: NASA)
Natural disasters expose fragility of global food systemRead more
Time to Change: Demonstrating the Change (Video)
Published on 20-02-2012
See video
European crop protection industry reflects on what it takes to demonstrate changeRead more
Syndicate content