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Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Factsheets and manuals
25/06/2024
Organic regulations

Management of pesticide residues in organic products – a follow-up brief 

IFOAM Organics Europe published its Position Paper on the Management of Pesticide Residues in Organic Products early summer in 2023.…
01/03/2024
Climate change

Organic: Safeguarding climate and nature

Climate change and its consequences threaten agricultural systems and our food production. Farmers are already facing big challenges as a…
01/08/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

Climate-friendly practices on your farm - A practical manual

Extreme temperatures and weather events during the last springs and summers have left no doubt about the relevance of climate…
01/06/2018
CAP

Organic Action Plans: Development, Implementation and Evaluation second edition

23/05/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

SOLMACC – Policy recommendations

Institute: Ekologiska Landbrukarna, FiBL , Bioland, AIAb and IFOAM EU 
Reports and studies
01/12/2019
Climate change Food policy Food security

EU Food and Farming Policy, and Food Security

23/09/2019
Climate change Fairness & transparency Soil Water

Organic Agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals – Part of the Solution

Institute: EOSTA and Nature & More – Author: Simon de Schaetzen 
08/08/2019
Climate change Soil

Climate Change and Land - An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

Institute: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)  – Authors: 107 experts from 52 countries 
16/01/2019
CAP

CAP 2021-27: Using the eco-scheme to maximise environmental and climate benefits

01/12/2018
Agroecology Climate change

Agroecology and carbon neutrality in Europe by 2050: what are the issues?

Institute: Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)  – Authors: Pierre-Marie Aubert, Marie-Hélène Schwoob, Xavier Poux 
13/09/2018
Climate change

Demonstrating strategies for organic and low-input farming to mitigate and adapt to climate change

07/05/2018
Plant health care

Strategy for the minimisation of copper in organic farming in Europe

17/03/2014
Climate change

Mitigating the Impact of agriculture on air quality and climate change: Solutions for Improved Nitrogen Management

18/02/2014
Climate change

Agroecological family agriculture in Latin America in a climate change context (Spanish)

Press releases
24/04/2024
CAP

Vote on CAP simplification, a missed opportunity for farmers & citizens

BRUSSELS, 24 APRIL 2024 – Today’s vote in the European Parliament simplifying certain Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) rules will not…
24/04/2024
Seeds

EU Parliament advances organic plant breeding with new PRM legislation vote

BRUSSELS, 24 APRIL 2024 – Today’s vote on the Plant Reproductive Material Regulation (PRM) legislation could contribute to a balanced regulation…
19/03/2024
Seeds

IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes AGRI Committee vote on Plant Reproductive Material

BRUSSELS, 19 MARCH 2024 – The European organic movement considers today’s vote on the Plant Reproductive Material Regulation (PRM) legislation an…
15/03/2024
CAP Farm to Fork

IFOAM Organics Europe regrets a CAP simplification without vision 

BRUSSELS, 15 MARCH 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe warns that the CAP simplification proposal presented today by the Commission is…
12/03/2024
Food policy Labelling

Parliament's vote on Green Claims Directive: IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes efforts to curb greenwashing and the acknowledgement of specific environmental assessment needs for agri-food

BRUSSELS, 12 MARCH 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes today’s plenary vote on the directive on green claims. This directive…
14/02/2024
Food policy Labelling

Green claims: organic movement applauds renewed recognition of PEF's shortcomings for agrifood

BRUSSELS, 14 FEBRUARY 2024 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes today’s vote on green claims as it underscores the limitations of…
23/01/2024
Food policy Labelling

Green Claims: Organics Europe highlights Product Environmental Footprint method's shortcomings for agri-food

BRUSSELS, 23 JANUARY 2024 – As compromise amendment negotiations on the Green Claims Directive proposal are taking place within the…
09/12/2019
Agroecology Farm to Fork Food policy

Organic food and farming calls for agroecology to be at the heart of the Farm to Fork Strategy

16/10/2019
About us CAP

Organic movement at the helm of two Civil Dialogue Groups

01/10/2019
Seeds

EU Parliament, national governments and civil society organizations against patents on plants and animals

Handover of 25,000 statements to the European Patent Office. 1 October 2019 is the last day for filing statements at…
16/04/2019
Agroecology Climate change

IFOAM EU welcomes the new IDDRI study on agroecology and carbon neutrality by 2050

02/04/2019
CAP

The organic movement calls for a more ambitious CAP reform

19/03/2019
CAP

Organic farmers call for a well-funded and more ambitious CAP

15/02/2019
Knowledge for organic R&I policy

Sharing knowledge and tools for organic farming - Organic Farm Knowledge platform has new design and content

30/01/2019
CAP

Eco-schemes in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) can maximise environmental and climate benefits

22/01/2019
Organic regulations Plant health care

IFOAM EU welcomes the agreement on a new Fertiliser Regulation

23/10/2018
CAP

The European Days of Action: Citizens across Europe Call for Urgent Change of Food and Farming

01/10/2018
Organic regulations

EU Parliament moves to ban Unfair Trading Practices in the food supply chain

25/09/2018
CAP Events

The future of food & farming is fair and green: for a CAP & supply chain rewarding sustainable farmers

31/08/2018
Climate change Knowledge for organic

Climate-friendly farming demonstrates benefits for farmers & environment - End of SOLMACC project

01/06/2018
CAP

Organic movement asks for higher environmental ambition in new CAP

28/05/2018
Animal welfare Knowledge for organic Plant health care

Improving inputs in organic farming - new Horizon 2020 project ‘RELACS’ started

24/05/2018
CAP Food policy

The EU needs a blueprint for food and farming, finds new academic report

16/05/2018
CAP

New IFOAM EU President: "New CAP should reward public goods"

19/04/2018
Organic regulations

European Parliament’s plenary adopts the new EU organic regulation. Implementing and delegated acts require joint efforts

04/04/2018
CAP

A new payment model for the Common Agriculture Policy – new report

20/03/2018
CAP

IFOAM EU calls for a clear EU framework for an ambitious CAP reform

29/01/2018
CAP

Member States must set out concrete solutions to deliver an ambitious CAP reform

03/12/2014
Organic regulations

EU Parliament questions legal proposal for a new EU organic regulation

10/09/2014
Organic regulations

8th European Organic Congress: Key EU policy-makers agree: Organic is a key sector to develop in Europe

14/07/2014
Organic regulations

Ministers question organic regulation proposal

06/05/2014
Organic regulations

Organic sector concludes organic regulation proposal is inadequate

17/04/2014
Organic regulations

Controversial Overhaul of EU Organic Regulation Raises Red Flags

26/03/2014
Organic regulations

Information on the EU organic regulation and action plan proposals

24/03/2014
Organic regulations

Towards a new policy framework for organic farming – good aims but many open questions

14/01/2014
Organic regulations

IFOAM EU position on the organic regulation review

 
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