Agriculture

“The less fossil-fuel-based fertilisers we use, the less dependent we are on fossil fuel imports, ”Ursula von der Leyen stated in a response to one of the group leaders’ interventions just after her “State of the European Union” speech in the European Parliament on 14 September 2022.¹

Satellite observations show that global ammonia emissions are higher than reported by bottom-up inventories.

In April the Flemish government presented a proposal to deal with the high levels of nitrogen emissions in the region.

All farmers should have access to carbon emission and removal data for their land by 2028. Carbon credits play a key role in the EU Commission’s plans to boost carbon sequestration on farmland.

More than 85 environmental and agriculture organisations have written an open letter calling on the EU ...

Insect frass is simply the faeces of insects. Researchers have concluded that the frass is rich in nitrogen as well as other nutrients ...

In the coming years the European Union will continue to fund intensive farming practices with only marginal tightening of environmental requirements.

Dutch politicians are considering reducing livestock numbers by almost a third over the next decade. The background is a court decision from 2019 ...

We need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and nitrogen from what we eat. Nordic farmers and food producers show how it can be done in practice.

A court ruling has forced the Netherlands to promptly deal with its high nitrogen emissions. The government has decided to cut speed limits and farmers have rallied in the streets to protest against reducing livestock numbers.

In an open letter to UN secretary general António Guterres more than 150 scientists from 35 countries are calling for “urgent action on nitrogen pollution ...

Yields from non-irrigated crops, such as wheat, corn and sugar beet, are projected to decrease in southern Europe by up to 50 per cent by 2050 ...

Feeding the world while staying below 1.5°C by 2050 will require increased productivity, shifts in consumption, new technology and massive reforestation, according to a new report.

IPCC report says that climate change increases pressure on land, meanwhile land use causes almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. 

IPES-Food presents a plan to transform the European Union food system, including proposals for 80 policy reforms and a new governance architecture.

Slashing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions is a tricky balancing act: we will need to use all the tools available, while making sure we do not sacrifice other environmental interests along the way.