Research for AGRI : News- December 2018

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Compiled by the AGRI sector of the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies (Albert MASSOT MARTI)
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1. KEY DOCUMENTS

EC: Development of plant proteins in Europe (report)
→Press release
→Report COM (2018) 757 of 22.11.2018
→Phil Hogan Introductory Remarks at Conference on the ‘Development of Plant Proteins in the European Union’, Vienna
→→IEG Policy: Commission publishes report on EU protein strategy
→→→NGOs and industry welcome EU Protein Plan, but highlight shortcomings
→→→EU ethanol producers slam exclusion from the EU plant proteins strategy
→→Gro Intelligence: Which Countries Have a Protein Shortage in Their Future?
→→→Infographics – More protein in than out
EC: Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisors publish statement on the regulation of gene editing
→Statement – A Scientific Perspective on the Regulatory Status of Products Derived from Gene Editing and the Implications for the GMO Directive
→→IEG Policy: GMO Directive is no longer fit for purpose, say EU scientific advisors
→→Research Institutes : Position paper – Regulating genome edited organisms as GMOs has negative consequences for agriculture, society and economy
→→Nature: Ban of ‘gene drives’ is back on the UN’s agenda – worrying scientists

2. DOSSIERS

2.1. TOWARDS THE CAP BEYOND 2020

MFF POST 2020: PROPOSALS AND GENERAL COMMENTS

EC: Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
→EU budget for the future
→→EP News: Confusing EU Budget figures: What are the real cuts and increases?
→→EP News: Post-2020 EU budget: Parliament challenges Commission over scale of cuts  (FR)
EC: EU budget: Commission proposes most ambitious Research and Innovation programme yet
Council: Multiannual Financial Framework
→Austrian Presidency: Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027) : State of play or link
→Outcome of the Council Meeting of 16 October
EP: Interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement (resolution of 14 November 2018)
→News: Long-term EU budget: MEPs lay down funding priorities for post-2020 budget
→→IEG Policy: Parliament votes to maintain CAP funds in next EU budget
→Draft opinion on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement – Committee on Budgets
→Draft opinion (Peter Jahr) on the Interim report on MFF 2021-2027 – Committee on Agriculture
→Oral question of Czesław Adam Siekierski, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the Common agricultural policy (CAP) financing
→News – Long-term EU budget: MEPs lay down funding priorities post-2020 budget
→European Parliament resolution of 30 May 2018 on the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and own resources
European Courts of Auditors (ECA): The Commission’s proposal for the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework – Briefing Paper
Ministers of Agriculture from Finland – France – Greece – Ireland – Portugal – Spain : Joint Memorandum on the future MFF / CAP
Les Échos (FR): Budget européen : le grand marchandage a commencé

CAP PROPOSALS & OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

EC: Legal texts and factsheets
→EU budget: the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020
→Memo
→Press release
→CAP Strategic Plans Regulation (COM (2018) 392) Annexes
→Horizontal / financing regulation (COM (2018) 393)  Annex
→CMO regulation (COM (2018) 394)
EC: European Commission communicates new CAP proposals on the ground
EC: Remarks by Commissioner Phil Hogan on Simplification and Subsidiarity, July AGRI Council, Brussels
→Phil Hogan speech at CEPS Conference: “European Agricultural Policy for the 2020s’, Brussels
→Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at Meeting with German Federal and Regional Agriculture Ministers
LinkedIn: CAP objectives explained: Ensuring viable farm income (Tassos Haniotis)
Council: Future of the CAP post 2020
→AGRIFISH Council conclusions 18 June
→Finnish Delegation: Conditionality: Finding a simpler way to ensure environmental performance (position paper)
EP – AGRI Committee: Future of EU farming: Debate on reform proposals with Parliament’s rapporteurs
→AGRI Draft reports
→Draft report on the HZR proposal (New regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the CAP) (Muller report)
→Draft report on the CMO amending proposals (Andrieu report) (FR version)
→Draft report of CAP Plans (Esther Herranz report)
EP – Research for AGRI: Briefing on ‘Towards the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020: comparing the reform package with the current regulations’ : Think Tank publication & Research4Agri Blog
Briefing
Annex (Dashboards)
EP – Research for AGRI: Workshop on ‘The CAP beyond 2020: appraisal of the EC legislative proposals’
→The CAP Strategic Plans beyond 2020: assessing the architecture and governance issues in order to achieve the EU wide objectives – Slides
→The CAP support beyond 2020: assessing the future structure of Direct payments and Rural Development interventions – Slides
→The sectoral approach in the CAP beyond and possible options to improve the EU food value chain – Slides
European Court of Auditors (ECA): Special report no 10/2018: Basic Payment Scheme for farmers – operationally on track, but limited impact on simplification, targeting and the convergence of aid levels
→Briefing paper: Future of the CAP
→Opinion 7/2018 concerning Commission proposals for regulations relating to the Common Agricultural Policy for the post-2020 period  or link
→→IEG Policy: Hogan disputes ECA findings on CAP post-2020 draft proposal
→→→ Leading MEP “puzzled” by EU auditors’ critique on CAP reform plans       
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) – Scientific advisory boards: For an EU Common Agricultural Policy serving the public good after 2020: Fundamental questions and recommendations
French Ministry of Agriculture (FR): Déclaration commune de FR et DE sur la future PAC
→German Ministry of Agriculture (DE): Common declaration of FR and DE on the future CAP

LATEST REACTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

IEG Policy: Farming organisation meets MEP ahead of vote on CAP reform
→CAP Crisis reserve should become “more readily available” – Agrifish Council
→Commission refuses to intervene on agricultural markets
→Eastern European farmers to protest in Brussels over unequal CAP subsidies
ICTSD: The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Post 2020: Directions of Change and Potential Trade and Market Effects (Alan Matthews)
CAP reform: The Article 92 commitment to increased ambition with regard to environmental- and climate-related objectives (Alan Matthews)
Arc2020: CAP – Will Environment Committee Flex its New Found Muscles?
Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP): Future of the CAP
→IEG Policy: CAP reform may stimulate environmental “race to the bottom”, think tank warns
World Bank: Poverty, Inequality, and Agriculture in the EU (Policy Research Working paper)
→IEG Policy: CAP payments have helped to reduce poverty and inequality – study
Good Food, Good Farming: The EU Common Agricultural Policy
S & D: Sustainable Equality (report)
→IEG Policy: Socialists and Democrats publish report on sustainable development in EU farming
Entraid (FR): La PAC d’après 2020 doit intégrer l’agriculture de groupe
LinkedIn: Les Associations d’OP (K. Oswald-Poulet)

2.2. PREPARING THE COP 24 (KATOWICE, 3-14 DECEMBER):

COP24 – Katowice: UN Climate Summit 3- 14 December
→EP: International Climate Negotiations – Issues at stake in view of the COP 24 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice and beyond (study)
→EPRS – briefing: COP24 climate change conference in Katowice
→EC: 2050 long-term strategy
→→Communication – A clean planet for all – A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy (COM (2018) 773, 28 November)
→→Press release – The Commission calls for a climate neutral Europe by 2050
→→→Eur Activ: EU’s 2050 climate plan sees ‘benefits of up to 2% of GDP’
→→→New EU plan comes out fighting for ‘climate neutrality’ by 2050
→EC: Report on the implementation of the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change (COM (2018) 738, 12 November)
→→EC Staff Working document – Adaptation preparedness scoreboard Country (COM (2018) 460, 12 November)
→EC – JRC: Climate change: the human and economic outlook for Europeans
→→ Climate impacts in Europe
→EP: Resolution of 25 October 2018 on the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24)
→→EP News: Paris agreement: MEPs call for stepping up EU climate commitments
→→Bridges: EU Parliament Pushes for Tougher Emissions Reduction Targets for 2030
→Springer Nature Climate Change: Broad threat to humanity from cumulative climate hazards intensified by greenhouse emissions
→→ESRI: Cumulative exposure to climate change
→IPCC:
→→Global warming of 1.5 °C – An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels
→→Summary for policymakers
→OECD: OECD at COP24
→→Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure
→The Wonk.eu: Distributional effects of climate policies
→Eur Activ: Climate change will affect EU monetary policy ‘one way or the other’, ECB says
→(FR) Après 3 ans de stagnation, les émissions de CO2 repartent à la hausse

2.3. LATEST WTO ISSUES:

WTO: Communication from EU and other WTO members on the reform of appellate body
EP briefing: Multilateralism in international trade Reforming the WTO
Journal of World Trade: The Crisis in WTO Dispute Settlement: Fixing Birth Defects to Restore Balance
→Captain America and the Tarnishing of the Crown: The Feud Between the WTO Appellate Body and the USA
Global Trade and Customs Journal: Volume 13, Issue 11 & 12
→The CAP Under Attack? Last Developments In Trade Defence Cases Targeting European Food Products
→The EU’s Modernization Regulation: Stronger and More Effective Trade Defence Instruments?
Eur Activ: EU wants to act as arbitrator in trade cold war
ICTSD: How Could Africa Be Affected by Product-specific Support for Farm Goods?
Borderlex: Comment: Can the WTO be reformed?
The German Marshall Fund (GMF): EU–U.S. Trade and the Future of the WTO: a Conversation with Commissioner Malmström
IEG Policy: EU and other WTO members present draft to reform appellate body
→Developed countries should use agricultural subsidies sparingly – US scholar
→Flurry of action at WTO sees several dispute settlement panels established
→Export competition and more discussed at WTO ag session
→EU to make new call for WTO panel in pork dispute with Russia
→China takes US to task over trade restrictions at WTO meeting
→EU hormone-free beef quota filled in record time as US talks begin
→20 WTO countries raise more reservations about EU’s post Brexit TRQs
→US contends India exceeding its WTO commitments on cotton subsidies

2.4. BREXIT UPDATES:

GENERAL ISSUES

Council: Conclusions of special meeting of the European Council (Art. 50) (25 November 2018)
→Political declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom
→Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
→Press statement by Michel Barnier following the General Affairs Council (Article 50)
→Communication – Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: a Contingency Action Plan (COM (2018) 880, 13/11/2018)
→IEG Policy: Council greenlights Brexit Withdrawal Agreement
→→EU-UK reach “technical” deal on UK’s terms of exit from the bloc
→→UK and EU commit to ‘closest possible’ relationship post-Brexit – but trade friction still likely
→→UK set to remain close to EU agri-food market under new Brexit deal – if approved
→Politico: 10 things you need to know about the Brexit deal
→→EU to UK: Lose-lose Brexit deal is best you will get
→→EU leaders approve ‘best possible’ Brexit deal
→Centre for European Reform (CER): What happens if Parliament rejects May’s Brexit deal?     
→The Wonk: Brexit deal done – now for the hard part
→EU Observer: UK and EU draft ‘letter to Santa’ on future relations
→Nature: Brexit: What the draft deal means for science
→UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO): What’s the deal?
→→Environmental non-regression in the Withdrawal Agreement: forcing the EU’s hand on the Level Playing Field
→Tic Toc by Bloomberg: Brexit Deal Helps Lock U.K. Into Customs Union the EU Wanted
Agri Mutuel (FR): Ce que contient l’accord de divorce
EC: Factsheet – Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019
→Communication – Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: a Contingency Action Plan (COM/2018/880 final)
European Court of Justice (ECJ): Case C‑621/18 (Wightman and Others) on Article 50 TEU – deliberation phase – hearing
Gov UK: Exiting the European Union – Publications
UK Parliament: Brexit Glossary
→Draft Withdrawal Agreement: 7 documents you should bookmark
→UK funding from the EU
→The EU27: Internal Politics and Views on Brexit
→EU Environmental Principles
→Government must harness the potential of deeper trade ties to tackle development challenges
Bank of England: EU withdrawal scenarios and monetary and financial stability. A response to the House of Commons Treasury Committee (report)
→Summary:
→→The Guardian: Bank of England says no-deal Brexit would be worse than 2008 crisis
→→BBC News: Bank warns no-deal could see UK sink into recession
→→Reuters: Worst-case Brexit more painful than global financial crisis, Bank of England warns
→→Sky News: Bank of England: ‘No deal’ Brexit could lead to economic collapse
→→Les Echos (FR): Brexit : Londres chiffre à près de 10 points de PIB sur 15 ans l’impact d’un « no deal »
ICTSD – Bridges: Brexit Draft Deal Floated, UK Continues Preparations for Trade Future with Other Partners
AmCham EU: Brexit deal an important milestone but uncertainty remains
Politico: Trump on Brexit agreement: ‘Sounds like a great deal for the EU’
Eur Activ: Trump says Brexit agreement bad for US-British trade, May disagrees

AGRICULTURAL ISSUES

Council: Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Apportionment of Tariff Rate Quotas following the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom
UK Parliament: Scrutiny of the Agriculture Bill report
→Report
→→Brexit presents challenges and opportunities to tackle nitrate pollution
NFU Scotland: Policy Blog 26 November
→Policy Blog 15 November
Oxford Martin School: The impacts of Brexit on agricultural trade, food consumption, and diet-related mortality in the UK (Working Paper)
UK Met Office: Climate Projections
IEG Policy: Eastern European farmers to protest in Brussels over unequal CAP subsidies
→EU dairy executives urge acceptance of ‘far from perfect’ Brexit deal
→US trade deal would flood UK with cheap, “inhumanely produced” pork meat, expert warns
→Nearly all UK farmers have adopted environmental measures, survey claims
→UK MPs call for ban on sub-standard agri-food imports after Brexit
→Call for new food strategy in UK after “dismal performance” in latest index

3. EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND OTHER EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

Council – Austrian Presidency:
→Priorities
→Keynote address before the European Parliament – presentation of the Austrian Presidency’s priorities
→Programme of the Austrian Presidency
EC: Published initiatives
EC: Contribute law making (New ‘Better regulation’ portal and REFIT platform)  &  link
EC: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1722 of 14 November 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 999/2014 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia
EC: Commission welcomes agreement on new rules for spirit drinks
EC: Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at Agridata Summit 2018,Cordoba, Spain
→IEG Policy: Broadband is crucial for technology take up in agriculture – Commissioner Hogan
EC: Commissioner Phil Hogan – Keynote Address at European Dairy Association Annual Conference, Dublin Castle
→IEG Policy: Hogan defends CAP Strategic Plans against dairy sector ‘renationalisation’ concerns
EC: Promotion of EU farm products
→€191 million to promote agri-food products at home and abroad
European Court of Auditors (ECA): Special report No 31/2018: Animal welfare in the EU: closing the gap between ambitious goals and practical implementation
→2019 Work Programme
EFSA: Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin‐like PCBs in feed and food
→Eur Activ (FR): Les Européens sur-contaminés aux dioxines
EP: Relations between the European Council and the European Parliament – Institutional and political dynamics (study)
→Innovation and Better Synergies of Public Procurement with other Policies (study)
EP: AGRI Committee Newsletter
→AGRI meetings – documents
→Research for AGRI – Updates
→Research for AGRI : News – November 2018
EP – News: EU food watchdog: more transparency, better risk prevention
→Fertilisers / cadmium: Parliament and Council negotiators reach provisional deal
EC: Commodity Price Dashboard
→EU prices for selected representative products
→Peaches and nectarines dashboard
→Tomatoes dashboard
EC: EU Milk Market Observatory
→Dairy Dashboard
→Latest updates
→Prices / margins
EC: EU Meat Market Observatory
→Poultry meat Dashboard
→Sheep & Goat Dashboard
→Pig Dashboard
→Eggs dashboard
→Pigmeat latest updates
→Beef and veal dashboard
→Meat latest updates
EC: EU Sugar Market Observatory
→Dashboard
→Price reporting
→Monthly trade statistics
→Trade statistics

EC: EU Crops Market Observatory

→Cereals dashboard
→Oilseeds dashboard
→Cereals balance sheet
→Cereals trade
→Oilseeds balance sheet
→Oilseeds exports and imports
→Balance sheets for cereals, oilseeds, proteins and rice
→Balance sheet rice
→Olive oil dashboard

4. AGRI-FOOD ISSUES

IEG Policy: News
→EU rapeseed production to drop in 2019 due to disrupted sowings
→NGOs slam Commission plans to leave out harvest losses from food waste definition
→Highest price for 2018 set at latest SMP intervention sale tender
→Clock is ticking on ‘last great opportunity’ to conclude EU-Mercosur trade deal
→EU farmers urge Commission to trigger safeguard clause on rice imports from Cambodia and Myanmar
→Greens take European Parliament to Court for blocking animal welfare enquiry
→EU Council gives green light to new rules on vet medicines
→Chinese pigmeat production in danger as ASF crisis deepens
→Grain industry has high hopes for US-China trade deal
FAO: Food Price Index
→World Food Situation
AMIS: Market Monitor – Issues
International Grains Council (IGC): Grains Market report 22 November 2018
SUSFANS Project: Strengthening European Food and Nutrition Security
→Quantified future challenges to sustainable food and nutrition security in the EU (Deliverable No 10 -2)
→→IEG Policy: EU farmers need to shift “from quantity to quality” to deal with stagnating food demand – study
The Economist – Food Sustainability Index (FSI): 2018 ranking Country score
→IEG Policy: France has most sustainable food system, research group finds
→→Call for new food strategy in UK after “dismal performance” in latest index
OECD: Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in China
→IEG Policy: Rapidly changing diets and environmental constraints weigh on China’s food system
→CEP (FR): Rapport de l’OCDE sur l’innovation, la productivité et la durabilité de l’agriculture en Chine
FAO: Global rinderpest action plan
→Antimicrobial Resistance
→→IEG Policy: Good farm hygiene crucial to stop antimicrobial resistance – FAO
Choices Magazine (AAEA): America’s Dairy Industry Adapting to Long-Running Structural Changes
→America’s Dairy Industry Facing Difficulties from Long-Running Structural Changes
→Does Revenue Diversification Improve Small and Medium-Sized Dairy Farm Profitability?
IPES-Food: Latest reports
→Breaking away from industrial food and farming systems: Seven case studies of agroecological transition
Kantar World Panel: Newsletter 22 November 2018
→Global online FMCG sales grow by 13%
→Generating incremental growth through promotions (report)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE): Advance articles
European Review of Agricultural Economics: Advance articles
Journal of Agricultural Economics (JAE): Articles – Early view on-line
→Short‐ and Long‐Run Policy Evaluation: Support for Grassland‐Based Milk Production in Switzerland
→Saying Sayonara to the Farm: Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of Farm Exits in Japan
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research: Vol 16, Num. 3
→Vol. 16, Num. 2
Journal of Rural Studies: Latest Issue Vol 64
Science Magazine: Intensification for redesigned and sustainable agricultural systems
Agriculture: Volume 8, Issue 11
Foods: Volume 7, Issue 11
Gro Intelligence: China’s Road Map to Food Security
→Infographics – How China Will Feed It’s Growing Population
→African Swine Fever in China Could Curtail Soybean Imports
→Russia’s Limits on Meat Imports Boost Domestic Livestock Producers
→Need a Cup of Sugar? Stocks Are at Record Highs
→Infographics – Building a Mountain of Sugar
Wageningen University & Research: The EU food and drink industry use of domestic raw material – Fact Sheet
→Pesticide residues present in more than 80% of European agricultural soils
→Emulating China’s development model is getting harder
→Resilience Magazine
→Newsletter November 2018
INRA: Land Use and Food Security in 2050: a Narrow Road (study)
→IEG Policy: Agricultural area decreased the most in Europe out of all OECD countries
CAPRI – CGIAR: Newsletter November
Eur Activ: Palm oil ban on the ropes as Commission weighs options
→Sustainability in Brazilian soy supply chain – the complexities of tackling deforestation
LinkedIn: Comagri’s public hearing – No need to reinvent the wheel, Cooperatives are the most suited tool to respond to farmers organisational needs
IFPRI: Compact 2025 End Hunger and Undernutrition – 21 November 2018
ENRD: EU Rural Review 25 on ‘Resource Efficiency’
Arc2020: CSA Symposium – Community Supported Agriculture goes Beyond Borders
→Palm oil – A Global Obsession With Consequences
US CRS – Latest publications: Regulation of Cell-Cultured Meat (briefing)
→Food Dive: FDA and USDA will jointly regulate cell-cultured meat
→Food Navigator: FDA, USDA, to share regulatory oversight of cell-cultured meat
→IEG Policy: USDA, FDA to jointly regulate cell-cultured meat
→→Farming group questions motives behind lab-grown meat drive
Farm Policy News (US): Farm Bill Moving Forward
→Trade War- Market Disruptions Persist
→Looking For Some Certainty, Farmers Await Farm Bill Passage
→Farmers Seek Additional Markets for Soy, While Fears Grow for Lasting Trade Impacts
→Post Election: Farm Bill Perspective From House Ag Committee Chair-elect Collin Peterson
Farmdoc Daily (US): What to Expect from USMCA (or NAFTA 1.01)
→Yield and Price Change from Planting to Harvest: How Strong is the Relationship?
→Looking Towards the Crop Insurance Safety Net in 2019
→Sell the Rumor? Trade Negotiations and Soybean Prices
→Tracking the Pace of Corn Consumption
→Looking Towards the Crop Insurance Safety Net in 2019
→Nitrogen Loss Reduction Practices: What Do They Cost?
→Financial and Risk Management Decisions for 2019
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD): US Agricultural Policy Beyond 2018: Implications for the World Trade Organization
US Centers for diseases control and prevention (CDC): Outbreak of E. coli Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce
USDA – ERS: Amber Waves
→International Agricultural Productivity
→→Global Harvest Initiative: 2018 Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP Report)
→→→GAP slides:
Environmental Science & Technology: Assessing Current Local Capacity for Agrifood Production To Meet Household Demand: Analyzing Select Food Commodities across 377 U.S. Metropolitan Areas
US National Farmers Union: The Farmer’s share
SUFISA: Sustainable Finance for Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries
→Sufisa-Newsletter No 6 – Quarter 3/2018
Fertilizers Europe: Feeding Life 2030. The European Fertilizer Industry at the Crossroads between Nutrition and Energy (Fertilizer Industry vision towards 2030)
The New York Times: A $12 Billion Program to Help Farmers Stung by Trump’s Trade War Has Aided Few

Global Meat: News

 

Dairy Reporter: News

 

The Beef Newsletter & Dairy Site Newsletter
Centre d’études et de prospective (CEP) (FR): Bulletin de veille
→Analyse n°126 Les exploitations d’élevage économes et autonomes en intrants, créatrices de valeur ajoutée
→Analyse n°127 Évaluation ex ante de la mesure agro-environnementale « systèmes herbagers et pastoraux » dans les zones de montagne de Rhône-Alpes
→Analyse n°128 Le modèle agro-industriel argentin dans la mondialisation
→Analyse n°129 Cohérence des politiques commerciales avec le développement : le cas de l’accord de partenariat entre l’Union européenne et l’Afrique de l’Ouest
→Analyse n°130 Allergies et intolérances alimentaires : tendances et enjeux pour l’action publique
→Analyse n°131 Contribution du programme de développement rural hexagonal (PDRH) à la compétitivité du secteur laitier
FranceAgriMer (FR): Web site & link
Agronomie, environnement et sociétés (AE&S) (FR): Vol 8, 1 – Agronomie et agriculture numérique  
La Tribune (FR): Le business de la transition alimentaire
La Croix (FR): Quand les Français jugent leur agriculture
Revue Sésame (FR): Sésame No. 4
YouTube (FR): Le paradoxe de l’agriculture ! Innovation dans l’agriculture
Agro distribution (FR): Conseil et vente phytos. Le choc de la nouvelle ordonnance
Agri Mutuel (FR): L’actualité à la une
→Le soja affecté par les relations Washington-Pékin
→Les cours du colza suivent le pétrole à la baisse
Revue Laitière Française (FR): Newsletter Novembre
Réussir cultures & grains (FR): Newsletter
Agroforesterie (FR): Newsletter Décembre
Eur Activ (FR): L’Europe tâtonne dans la transparence de la chaîne alimentaire
→Le secteur agricole attend beaucoup de la bioéconomie
→L’UE offre enfin un cadre juridique aux engrais organiques et recyclés

5. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Science for Environment Policy: What encourages farmers to participate in collective biogas investment?
→Groundwater use and irrigation can negatively affect the net atmospheric moisture and amplify water scarcity problems
Nature Communications: Briefing
Science of the Total Environment: Pesticide residues in European agricultural soils – A hidden reality unfolded (paper)
→IEG Policy: Pesticide residues found in more than 80% of European agricultural soils
Science Daily: Unintended consequences of dams and reservoirs
OECD: Human Acceleration of the Nitrogen Cycle. Managing Risks and Uncertainty
→IEG Policy: Reducing fertiliser and manure use could help prevent nitrogen pollution from farming – OECD
World Resources Institute: Carbon Removal in Forests and Farms in the United States
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy: Advance articles
Sustainability: Volume 10, Issue 11
Environments: Issue 5, Issue 11
Water: Volume 10, Issue 11
Forests: Volume 9, Issue 11
Energies: Volume 11, Issue 11
IEG Policy: Bayer to provide public access to glyphosate safety studies
Gouvernement de la France (FR): Stratégie nationale de lutte contre la déforestation importée
→WWF France (FR): Déforestation importée : arrêtons de scier la branche !
→→IEG Policy: France curbs palm oil, soy and beef imports to tackle deforestation
→→→French study reveals main crops responsible for deforestation
Centre d’études et de prospective (CEP) (FR): Où en est la transition bas carbone de l’agriculture française?
Eur Activ (FR): La justice se penche sur l’homologation du glyphosate
→La révolution agricole, condition sine qua non pour atteindre la neutralité carbone
→L’UE fait cavalier seul sur les nouveaux-OGM
La Dépêche (FR): Éric Andrieu, eurodéputé PS : «L’enjeu du protocole, c’est la santé du citoyen européen»

6. OTHER ISSUES

International Monetary Fund (IMF): Blog – Sounding the Alarm on Leveraged Lending
→Quartz: The $1.3 trillion loan market that’s spooking everyone right now
Journal of World Trade: Latest issues
→Vol. 52 (2018), Issues 1 to 6
→→Green Subsidies and WTO Trade Rules: A ‘Conflict of Values’ or A ‘Conflict of Norms’?
European Public Law: Latest issues
The German Marshall Fund (GMF): Why Trumpism Will Not Prevail
→Consequences of U.S. Trade Policy on EU-U.S. Trade Relations and the Global Trading System
Borderlex: Newsletter
IEG Policy: US, EU trade officials continue discussions, eye formal talks next year
World Economic Forum: The Fourth Industrial Revolution is driving Globalization 4.0
→→These are the top risks for doing business around the world
Eur Activ: China responds to Trump’s barriers by opening its wallet
ICTSD – Bridges weekly: Vol 22, No 39
→Vol 22, No 38
AmCham EU: Weekly 26 November
→Weekly 19 November
→→EU-US trade: a path forward
CESifo Economic Studies: Advance articles
The Review of Economic Studies: Advance articles
International Studies Perspectives: Vol. 19, Issue 4, November 2018
European Review of Economic History: Advance articles
→Vol 22, Issue 4, November 2018

Eur Activ (FR): Fact-check : oui la France taxe plus les vins importés que les États-Unis
LinkedIn: Un début d’harmonisation sociale dans l’UE ? (K. Oswald-Poulet)

7. EVENTS

ELO: Biodiversity Conference and European Bee Award (4 December) Registration and agenda of Conference
Politico: Is Europe a leader in the global race of innovation? (5 December)
Public Policy Exchange: Food Safety in EU – Maintaining High Standards and Ensuring Transparency of Information (29 January 2019) Brochure
EAEE: Agricultural Land Markets – Recent Developments, Efficiency and Regulation (EAEE Seminar) (4-5 April 2019)
FFA : Forum for the Future of Agriculture 2019 (FFA) (9 April 2019, Brussels)
EAAE -EC – JRC: 172nd European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Seminar: Agricultural policy for the environment or environmental policy for agriculture? (28-29 May 2019, Brussels)
Area: Prix area 2018
OECD: Competition workshops (2018)

With acknowledgements to IEG Policy, Politico, CAP Reform.eu, Euractiv, Centre d ‘études et de prospective, Illinois.edu, FranceAgriMer and Tomás Garcia Azcárate (EAGRA)

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Research for AGRI: AGRI News – EU – Mercosur Trade Agreement, August 2019

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Research for AGRI: News July/August 2019

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