Romania: Setting up warehouses for fruit and vegetables would help local farmers get more money for their products

Data: 17/05/2012
Setting up warehouses, in Romania, for fruit and vegetables would help local farmers get more money for their products and would also reduce final selling prices, said agriculture minister Daniel Constantin in a press conference this Wednesday. The minister said the measure could be implemented through public-private partnerships. More...

Home Daily Financial & banking Economic Companies Energy & Environment Last update: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Organic farming is niche sector where Romania has stood out lately

Data: 14/05/2012
'Organic farming is a sector I perceive to be a priority. It is a niche sector where Romania has excelled over the past few years and we have to continue with such products on the international market. I saw to my utter delight that the consumption of organic food has soared lately,' Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told Agerpres in an interview. More...

European Parliament votes against patents on plants and animals

Data: 10/05/2012
Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the European Patent Office to stop granting patents on the conventional breeding of plants and animals. The resolution was jointly tabled by Members of Parliament from several parties and was adopted with a large majority. The vote follows the demands of some national parliaments, such as the German Bundestag, to put a stop to patents on plant and animal breeding. More...

Europe Is Looking for a Young Farmer

Data: 03/05/2012
Dear readers, we would just like to recall that all the texts on www.euinside.eu are a subject to copyright and if you would like to use any of our articles to republish, please contact us for details Europe Is Looking for a Young Farmer http://www.euinside.eu/en/news/europe-is-looking-for-a-young-farmer#ixzz1tt42Z5Ah Only 14% of the farmers in the European Union are younger than 40 years of age and only 6% are younger than 35. This striking statistics is the reason why the European Commission has proposed in its draft regulation for reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the next programming period (MFF 2014-2020) a special scheme for support of "young farmers" in the EU. This was one of the points which the agriculture ministers discussed publicly during their meeting on Friday, April 27. More...

Small farms and short supply chains in the European Union - Position Paper European Coordination Via Campesina

Data: 02/05/2012
Small farms are an important rural reality in Europe. With an average area of 14 hectares, small holdings remain the ruling type of farms in the EU27. They represent richness by its “multifonctionality” for the farming economy and the whole society in terms of territories occupation, maintaining biodiversity maintaining, landscapes, economic efficiency and moderation using common goods. More...

Farmers from western Europe look to Romania for pastures new

Data: 01/05/2012
High land prices and bureaucracy in native countries drive young generation east for a chance to build new businesses. Maxime Laurent finished agricultural college in Châteaudun, France, in 2009. Then he loaded up trucks with farm machinery and set off for Macesu de Sus, a village in south-west Romania, about 10km from the Danube. More...