Agriculture

€10 billion budget for agriculture R&D is to be spent on studying the environmental impact of farming

Decisions over research, farm and other EU budgets postponed to the end of 2019, as EU Council divides over top EU leadership jobs

There is still ‘a huge gap’ between outputs of research projects and uptake down on the farm. So how can farmers extract value from €10B the EU proposes to spend on agri-R&D in Horizon Europe?

Restrictive regulations could be ‘fatal’ for Crispr-edited crop research in Europe, researchers warn. Meanwhile, there are hints the UK government could consider relaxing restrictions on gene edited crops post-Brexit

Farmers will be compensated for cuts of 5% to direct subsidies by an increased investment in research that will bring agriculture into the digital age, reducing inputs, boosting productivity and improving food safety

Italy’s Paolo De Castro shares his vision of agriculture’s future and how cuts to the EU farm budget would endanger it