Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation
The EIP is a new European instrument driving research policy and the CAP and is designed to support partnerships between key players in development, agricultural education, farmers, researchers and businesses.
Farms and forests depend heavily on natural cycles and conditions, and are therefore particularly exposed to climate change.
Notwithstanding the fact that the history of agriculture invariably centres on ploughing the soil–symbolically and in a very real sense–, a number of stakeholders are pushing for less or no tilling, as an interesting lever to improve farming system performance.
The term “agro-ecology” is becoming increasingly common in scientific publications, and is used more and more often to refer to a new agricultural model that could purportedly reconcile the economic and environmental challenges in agriculture.
The status and rights of animals have evolved radically in the West, and developments have gathered considerable momentum over the past few decades.
Several countries in Western Africa are dependent on imports of cereals in order to ensure their food security.
Brazil is now an emerging powerhouse and ranks among the global top ten economies.
Agroforestry denotes a form of land use that combines trees with crops on the same plots.
In designating 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, the UN aims to promote these collective structures for their contribution to socio-economic development, food security and rural development.
In the agrifood sector, commodity associations group together different stakeholders within a marketing chain.
Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation