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Type of documents
 
Year
 
Topic
 
Factsheets and manuals
04/07/2023
Soil

Organic farming benefits for agricultural soils

Organic farming benefits for agricultural soils. Soil health is a cornerstone of organic farming and health is one of the…
16/08/2019
Fairness & transparency

The Unfair Trading Practices Directive: a transposition and implementation guide

22/02/2019
Fairness & transparency

Full Cost Accounting to Transform Agriculture and Food Systems

22/12/2012
Soil

Organic Approaches to Rural Development Policy: Soil

01/10/2010
Food security

Organic - part of the solution! Food quality & safety

08/12/2009
Climate change Food security

Organic - part of the solution! Food security

22/06/2009
Soil

Organic - part of the solution! Soil

04/01/2009
Biodiversity Fairness & transparency

Organic - part of the solution! Externalities

Press releases
18/07/2024
EU Green Deal Fairness & transparency Food systems

Welcome back, Ms von der Leyen. EU organic looks forward to continue transforming our rural areas & food systems

Re-election Ms von der Leyen as President of the EU Commission took place today, 18 July 2024, with 401 votes…
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…
05/10/2023
Farm to Fork GMOs Knowledge for organic Seeds

Six-fold increase in organic seeds needed in the next ten years in Europe - 2nd European Organic Seed Policy Conference shows pathways to make organic seeds a reality

The Spanish Presidency of the European Union put a spotlight on rural areas and agricultural resilience during a High-level Rural…
05/09/2023
Agroecology Food security TP Organics

Organic and agroecological farming are the best guarantee for long-term food security

Brussels, 5 September 2023 – At today’s high-level expert webinar “Safeguarding long-term food security“, TP Organics, the European Technology Platform…
24/03/2022
Farm to Fork Food security

EU Parliament saves Farm to Fork's integrity but concedes on biodiversity

BRUSSELS, 24 MARCH 2022 – IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes the European Parliament’s support to the Farm to Fork Strategy as…
22/03/2021
Knowledge for organic Seeds

New router database connects Member States' organic seed databases

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…
24/09/2019
Fairness & transparency

Coalition statement on the IMCO vote on UTPs

15/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: Civil society launches a campaign calling on the next Members of the European Parliament to make Europe more sustainable and fair by 2024

10/04/2019
Fairness & transparency

Taxation can be a tool towards true cost accounting according to new study

12/03/2019
Fairness & transparency

Joint press release: An important step closer to a fairer food chain for everyone

19/12/2018
Fairness & transparency

The organic food and farming movement welcomes the agreement on Unfair Trading Practices – A first step towards protecting the weakest actors in the food chain

07/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

Joint statement on UTPs ahead of SCA

06/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

The organic food and farming movement supports putting an end to unfair trading practices

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Key step taken to end human suffering in EU supermarket supply chains

12/04/2018
Fairness & transparency

Unfair Trading Practices: new proposal is a step forward but promoting fairness in the whole chain remains a challenge

20/07/2016
Seeds

No Patents on Seeds: Animals are not an invention of the feed industry!

17/05/2016
Seeds

Organic farmers urge Commission to ban patents on seeds

20/01/2016
Seeds

European Patent office revokes Monsanto Patent on Melons

27/11/2013
Seeds

Don’t tow corporate line on seed: MEPs must protect public good

06/05/2013
Seeds

Seed legislation must be fit for agro - biodiversity

12/07/2012
Seeds

European citizens must stand up for diversity on our plates!

24/05/2012
Seeds

Der Verlust der Saatgut-Vielfalt muss gestoppt werden

24/05/2012
Seeds

Il faut sans délai stopper le déclin de la biodiversité au sein des semences

24/05/2012
Seeds

Seed diversity decline must urgently be stopped

12/03/2012
Fairness & transparency

The EU Commission’s health and consumers department caves in to farmers and industry lobby request to allow the spread of highly dangerous pest

13/02/2012
CAP Food security Soil

State of soils requires policy action to ensure future food security

08/12/2011
Fairness & transparency

No space for fraud in organic production: tighter controls are bearing fruit

Position papers
06/09/2022
Seeds

Position Paper on the review of EU rules on Plant Reproductive Material

Harnessing the potential of cultivated plant diversity for sustainable agriculture. The organic movement welcomes the plans of the Commission to…
29/05/2019
GMOs Seeds

Plant Reproductive Material in the new Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848

29/09/2018
Fairness & transparency

Position Paper on the Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Unfair Trading Practices

10/12/2015
GMOs Seeds

New Plant Breeding Techniques

19/09/2011
Soil

The EU Soil Directive – building the foundations for a quagmire or healthy humus?

 
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