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1. KEY DOCUMENTS
HEARINGS OF AGRI COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE FOR AGRICULTURE, MR JANUSZ WOJCIECHOWSKI
EC: President-elect von der Leyen’s Mission Letter to Janusz Wojciechowski
EP: Commissioners-designate hearings website
Hearing of Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner-designate, Agriculture
Press release – Resumed hearing of Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski (8 October)
Press release – Hearing of Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski
Hearing 1st October – Live reply
Hearing 8 October – Live reply
EP Hearings 2019 – Learn about the portfolios of Commissioners-designate
Janusz Wojciechowski – Agriculture (EPRS briefing)
Answers to the first EP questionnaire to the Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski
Answers to the second EP questionnaire to the Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski
CAP Reform: Agriculture Commissioner-designate Wojciechowski stumbles at hearing
Politico: EU farm nominee Janusz Wojciechowski faces further grilling after botched hearing
EU Observer: Polish EU nominee gets through at second attempt
Poland’s ‘vague’ nominee flops in EU hearing
Eur Activ: Wojciechowski’s poor performance adds to von der Leyen’s woes
Commissioner hearings LIVE: Janusz Wojciechowski (8 October)
EU reporter: Resumed hearing of Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski (8 October)
IEG Policy: Wojciechowski wins top EU agriculture job at second attempt
EU agriculture policy diary (October 7-11): What will happen with Wojciechowski?
Wojciechowski faces second hearing as MEPs demand clarification
Wojciechowski wobbles during MEP grilling to win top EU job
Fallout from Wojciechowski hearing leaves MEPs demanding more detail
Candidate for EU Agriculture Commissioner cleared of fraud allegations
Arc2020: Will Wojciechowski Make it as Ag Commissioner? Polish & Other Perspectives
Agence Europe: Janusz Wojciechowski failed his hearing and must provide additional information to convince MEPs
European Interest: MEPs criticise Commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski
Poland In: Polish commissioner nominee likely to be heard again
The first News: EU’s agriculture needs strategy, Polish commissioner nominee tells EP
CAPeye (FR): La difficile audition du Commissaire désigné à l’agriculture
Agri Mutuel (FR): Le niveau de compétence du candidat désigné pour l’agriculture inquiète
WTO: European Communities and certain Member States – measures affecting trade in large civil aircraft (WT/DS316/ARB of 2 October)
Press release – Arbitrator issues decision in Airbus subsidy dispute
EC: Statement on the publication of WTO’s award in the Airbus dispute
Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR): US Wins $7.5 Billion Award on Airbus Subsidies Case
List of products to be hit by US tariffs
Inside US Trade’s: WTO grants U.S. $7.5 billion for retaliation in Airbus dispute
Following Airbus ruling, U.S. to impose tariffs on EU aircraft, ag, industrial goods
EP News: Airbus case: MEPs to discuss US tariffs to be levied on European goods
The Wall Street Journal: U.S. to Impose Tariffs on EU Goods After WTO’s Airbus Ruling
Financial Times: US tariffs to hit aircraft, French wine and cheese, and Spanish olive oil
The Washington Post: U.S. can impose tariffs on $7.5 billion in goods because E.U. gave illegal subsidies to Airbus, WTO rules
IEG Policy: WTO authorizes US retaliation of nearly $7.5 billion in Airbus dispute
Member states demand swift EU response to US tariffs
US to hit EU goods with duties Oct. 18 in Airbus retaliation
US gets WTO approval for record tariffs on EU agri-food products
EU farmers fear major losses from US Airbus tariffs
Traditional EU cheeses targeted by US Airbus tariffs
US tariffs threaten a fifth of EU dairy export trade
US cheese tariffs dampen mood at EU dairy conference
Italy calls for EU to compensate for looming US tariffs
Spirits producer organisations slam US tariffs on EU wine and spirit exports
Spain calls US tariffs “unacceptable” and vows to hit back
US gets final approval for up to $7.5 billion in duties on EU goods
EU Observer: US to put tariffs on European whiskies, cheese
Eur Activ: WTO allows US to hit EU exports with record tariffs over Airbus case
WTO clears US to target $7.5 billion of EU exports with tariffs
EU member states shocked by US tariffs, seek response
The impact of US sanctions on European goods: a closer look
Tug of war between Madrid and Washington over US tariffs
A new trade policy with teeth and muscle
EURACTIV (FR): Sanctions douanières américaines. Quels sont les produits et les pays punis?
La filière viticole européenne face aux sanctions américaines
Sanctions américaines : Paris prévoit « des mesures de rétorsion » en concertation avec l’UE
Les Européens sous le choc après l’annonce de nouveaux droits de douane aux États-Unis
Dans l’impasse, Bruxelles refuse toute réforme de sa politique commerciale
European Environment Agency (EEA): EEA Signals 2019 – Land and soil in Europe
Protecting Europe’s land and soil resources is fundamental for a sustainable future
IEG Policy: Overhaul EU food production to protect our soils, says European Environment Agency
EC: Report: EU Agricultural markets short term outlook – autumn 2019
Short term outlook – Record exports of EU pork and tomatoes, cereal production to recover
EC: Report on Implementation of Free Trade Agreements (1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018)
Press – EU trade agreements: delivering new opportunities in time of global economic uncertainties
IEG Policy: EU trade deals brought €1 billion boost to agri-food exports in 2018
EC: 12th Financial report of the EAFRD (2018 Financial year) – COM (2019) 422 Text
12th Financial report of the EAGF (2018 Financial year) – COM (2019) 366 Text
FAO – European Commission – CIRAD: Food systems at risk . New trends and challenges
CIRAD: A new report reveals the threats to food systems
Agri Mutuel (FR): Les crises alimentaires risquent de se multiplier dans le monde
Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP): 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP Report)
IEG Policy: Food production is not increasing fast enough to feed the world – report
2. DOSSIERS
2.1. MFF POST 2020: PROPOSALS AND GENERAL COMMENT
EC: Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
EC: EU budget 2021-2027: Commission calls on leaders to set out a roadmap towards an autumn agreement
EC: EU budget for the future – EU budget financing
EC: Communication – Time to decide on the Union’s financial framework for 2021-2027
Council: Multiannual Financial Framework
Finland’s Presidency: Multiannual financial framework: implementing the EU’s priorities
MFF 20121 – 2027. Preparation for the European Council of 17 – 18 October 2019
EP: Interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement (resolution of 14 November 2018)
Post-2020 multiannual financial framework
EPRS briefing – Future financing of EU policies
EPRS briefing – Post 2020 MFF and own resources
Long-term EU budget: MEPs lay down funding priorities for post-2020 budget
European Courts of Auditors (ECA): The Commission’s proposal for the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework – Briefing Paper
EP: Long-term EU budget: MEPs lay down funding priorities for post-2020 budget
2.2. CAP PROPOSALS & OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
EC: The common agricultural policy at a glance
EC: Legal texts and factsheets
EU budget: the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020
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: No increase in CAP administrative burden for farmers since 2013 reform
Evaluation Study on ‘ “Analysis of Administrative burden arising from the CAP”
EC: Evaluation of the CAP measures applicable to the wine sector
A new tool to increase the sustainable use of nutrients across the EU
The future is rural: the social objectives of the new CAP
Shaping of the CAP reform: consultation of stakeholders and citizens
Reflection paper. Towards a sustainable Europe by 2030
The post 2020 Common Agricultural Policy : environmental benefits and simplification
Common Agricultural Policy post 2020 – The green architecture (slides)
The environmental objectives of the future CAP
Analysis of key policy objectives (briefs)
CAP specific objectives explained – Ensuring viable farming income – Brief 1
CAP specific objectives explained – Farmer position in value chains – Brief 3
CAP specific objectives explained – Agriculture and climate mitigation – Brief 4
CAP specific objectives explained – Efficient Soil Management – Brief 5
CAP specific objectives explained – Jobs and growth in rural areas – Brief 8
CAP specific objectives explained – Health, Food & Antimicrobial Resistance – Brief 9
Council: Future of the CAP post 2020 – work in progress
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform (Finnish Presidency – Background document) Regulation on CAP Strategic Plans – Advisory Services and Rural Development (Finnish Presidency – discussion paper – Special Committee on Agriculture of 7 October 2019)
Regulation on CAP Strategic Plans – Definitions (Finish Presidency paper)
Horizontal Agricultural Questions (CAP reform) (Finnish Presidency Working Paper, 5th September
Background document – Carbon sequestration on agricultural land
June Informal meeting of the agriculture ministers
Presidency background paper on the CAP Strategic Plans regulation (New Delivery Model)
Presidency background paper on the Clean Planet for all: A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy – agricultural aspects
Finnish Presidency – Progress report on the CAP reform (October 2019) Presidency discussion paper – Regulation on CAP Strategic Plans – Financial flexibility
Presidency discussion paper – Regulation on CAP Strategic Plans – Sectoral types of interventions
EP – AGRI Committee: Future of the CAP: MEPs want to resume work on pre-election reform proposals
Future of EU farming: Debate on reform proposals with Parliament’s rapporteurs
Draft report on the HZR proposal (New regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the CAP)
Draft report on the CMO amending proposals
EP – AGRI Committee: Consolidated reports on the CAP proposals after the COMAGRI’s vote
CMO regulation – consolidated version – May 2019
FMM – Horizontal regulation – consolidated version – May 2019
Strategic Plans regulation – consolidated version – May 2019
EP – Research for AGRI: Briefing on ‘Towards the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020: comparing the reform package with the current regulations’ : Think Tank publication &
Annex (Dashboards)
EP – Research for AGRI: Workshop on ‘The CAP beyond 2020: appraisal of the EC legislative proposals’
The sectoral approach in the CAP beyond and possible options to improve the EU food value chain
EP – EPRS: CAP strategic planning – Operational perspectives
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
EESC: Promoting short and alternative food supply chains in the EU: the role of agro-ecology (own-initiative opinion)
European Committee of Regions: Reform of the CAP
2.3. LATEST REACTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
CAP Reform: MFF discussions pushing small increase in CAP budget compared to Commission proposal
EP News: Plans to keep EU budget funding in 2020 in the event of a no-deal Brexit
IEG Policy: AGRI Committee’s CAP reform files forwarded to plenary
Hogan backs call to maintain CAP budget by EU ministers
Commission says it’s “time to decide” on next EU budget
Revamp the CAP to make a European Green Deal a reality, say NGOs
EU wants to scale carbon farming to help achieve 2050 climate ambitions
Scottish farmers demand £160m uplift to be paid as direct support
EU Observer: Deep divisions on display over post-Brexit EU budget
CITY – Centre for Food Policy: Brief 3: Integrated food policy: What is it, and how can it help transform food systems?
Eur Activ: Summit concludes with no progress on EU’s long-term budget
Science Business: Horizon Europe cuts loom as EU leaders debate budget
Politico: Germany fights to limit EU spending in long-term budget
IEEP: CAP 2021-27: Comparative analysis of environmental performance of COMENVI and COMAGRI reports
Report (PDF)
Arc2020: Series | What will come from the CAP Strategic Plan Negotiations?
Terre-net (FR): Stop ou encore?
Ouest-France (FR): Risque de baisse du budget européen. La politique de Cohésion sur la sellette
Agri Mutuel (FR): La France lance une concertation sur la déclinaison nationale de la future PAC
La France et 16 autres pays réclament le maintien du budget de la PAC
Eur Activ (FR): La France et 16 autres pays réclament le maintien du budget de la PAC
GENERAL ISSUES
EC: Revised protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland including withdrawal agreement
Working document – Consolidated version of the Withdrawal Agreement following revision of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and technical adaptations to Articles 184 and 185, as agreed at negotiators’ level and endorsed by the European Council
European Commission Recommendation
Letter from President Jean-Claude Juncker to President Donald Tusk
Press releases – Brexit: European Commission recommends the European Council (Article 50) to endorse the agreement reached on the revised Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland and revised Political Declaration
Gov.UK: New Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and Political Declaration
EurActiv: The Brief – Definitely maybe Brexit
UKTPO: The Grand Illusion
DUP: Statement from the Democratic Unionist Party
Politico: UK MEP force Boris Johnson to seek a Brexit extension
EU and UK agree draft Brexit deal but obstacles remain
Brexit & EU Summit: As it happened
EU should grant longer extension if UK holds election or referendum (German Minister)
EU 27 powder how to deal with request for Brexit delay
EU Observer: EU leaders back Brexit deal as Johnson faces Westminster
New Brexit deal drops Irish border backstop
IEG Policy: EU and UK reach ‘fair and balanced’ Brexit deal
Les Échos (FR): Brexit : un risque élevé de rejet par les députés britanniques samedi
Eur Activ (FR): Accord de dernière minute sur le Brexit
EC: Brexit – Preparedness notices
EP: Statement by EP President Sassoli on latest Brexit developments
Brexit: new European Parliament reaffirms wholehearted support for EU position
Gov.UK: No-Deal Readiness Report
UK Parliament: Getting divorced if there is a no-deal Brexit
Temporary tariff regime updated
IEG Policy: UK publishes update to temporary tariff regime for no-deal Brexit
UK proposals for a new Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Politico: Boris Johnson’s big Brexit offer decoded
Boris Johnson publishes new Brexit plan
UKTPO: Johnson’s Brexit proposal is riddled with problems
The UK’s ‘No Deal’ Tariffs: An Update
EU Observer: Johnson finally unveils UK’s Brexit border ‘compromise’
Leaked British customs plan is ‘non-starter’, Ireland says
Notre Europe – Delors Institute: ‘No deal’ Brexit and the EU Budget: Beware the risk for EU unity
Bloomberg: The Day After Brexit: What a Crash Out of the EU Might Look Like
IEG Policy: Ireland sets aside €1 billion as buffer against no-deal Brexit
UKTPO: Economic realities of Brexit for firms and people in Northern Ireland
EU Observer: Is a Brexit deal still possible?
Eur Activ: New Brexit hopes after Johnson and Varadkar say ‘pathway to deal’ exists
Les Échos (FR): Brexit : les discussions s’accélèrent et l’espoir renaît
UK Parliament: Environment Bill 2019-20
People Nature: Making Brexit work for the environment and livelihoods: Delivering a stakeholder informed vision for agriculture and fisheries (York University paper)
IEG Policy: Brexit “a chance to redesign” unsustainable agriculture systems
Soil Association: Helping your business prepare for Brexit
IEG Policy: Breakthrough Brexit deal offers hope to agri-food sector – but fears still persist
UK tables plans for single agrifood area in Ireland – but fresh Brexit rows lie ahead
Scottish meat exports face ‘red tape risk’ after Brexit
3. EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS
Council: Finland’s Presidency
Prime Minister Office: Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU
Finland’s Presidency: Webpage
Finnish government ministers presented Finland’s Presidency priorities before EP committees
Agriculture and Fisheries Council – related meetings
Policies – Infographics
Council’s documents and publications
EU Observer: Crucial summit: last EU-28 format?
EP: Key Issues in the European Council – State of play in October 2019
European Council Conclusions – A rolling check-list of commitments to date
EC: Contribute law making (New ‘Better regulation’ portal and REFIT platform)
EC – The European Citizens’ Initiative: Open initiatives
EC: African Swine fever (ASF)
Chronology of main initiative taken or supported by the European Commission
Interactive maps of areas subject to measures for ASF in the EU
Gro Intelligence: More Countries Battle African Swine Fever
Pigs World: How Asia’s African swine fever crisis is transforming the global protein market
IEG Policy: 10th Asian country reports ASF outbreak, Australia on alert
Australian farmers call for feral pig cull as ASF fears grow
ASF poses “serious risk” to European pigmeat market, Hogan warns
ASF risks European pork market collapse, says EU Committee of the Regions
Le Petit Journal (FR): Quand l’Asie attrape la fièvre porcine, les États-Unis ont le frisson
EC: Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste
IEG Policy: EU countries to measure food waste at each stage in the food chain
Eur Activ (FR): L’évaluation du gaspillage alimentaire harmonisée en Europe
EC: Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2019/1688 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America
EC: Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2019/1685 designating a European Union Reference Centre for Animal Welfare for poultry and other small farmed animals
IEG Policy: Commission unveils new poultry welfare reference centre
EC: Report: preparing for future AKIS in Europe
Press News – Knowledge and innovation: unlocking the potential of food and farming
EC: EU to join agreement enhancing protection of geographical indications
IEG Policy: EU set to join international agreement on GIs
EC – Horizon website – Agriculture and forestry
EC – EIP AGRI: Newsletter 74
EC: Monitoring EU agri-food trade (collection)
Monitoring EU Agri-Food Trade: Development until July 2019
IEG Policy: EU agri-food exports keep growing at record levels, Commission reports
EC: EU Platform on Animal Welfare – Sixth meeting in Brussels (7 October)
European Court of Auditors (ECA): 2018 Annual report (as published in OJ)
IEG Policy: Court of Auditors raises concerns over EU funds accessed by ineligible farmers
European Court of Justice (ECJ): Judgment in Case C-616/17 of 1 October 2019 (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 — Pesticides — Glyphosate)
IEG Policy: EU court rules that agrochemical approval system is valid
European Court of Justice (ECJ): Judgment in Case C-674/17 of 10 October 2019 – EU Habitats Directive – Hunting of protected species for management (French version)
EFSA: Chlorpyrifos: assessment identifies human health effects
EU Observer: EU proposes pesticide ban, but key documents still secret
IEG Policy: Danish minister wants all chlorpyrifos-sprayed fruit removed from shelves
IEG Policy: European Commission plans food safety research platform
EP: AGRI Fact Sheets of the European Union – Updated
Research for AGRI – Updates
Research for AGRI : News – September – Issue 1
AGRI e-meetings – documentation
AGRI Committee: Newsletter
AGRI meetings – documents
Research for AGRI – Updates
European Committee of Regions: Evaluation of the impact of the current CAP on the agriculture of developing countries
SOL Asso: J. Berthelot comments
EC: Fruits and vegetables market observatory
IEG Policy: OECD analyses greenhouse gas reduction policies for agriculture
EU prices for selected representative products
Peaches and nectarines dashboard
EC: EU Milk Market Observatory
EC: EU Meat Market Observatory
EC: EU Sugar Market Observatory
EC: EU Crops Market Observatory
4. AGRI-FOOD ISSUES
IEG Policy: News
Phil Hogan: the smiling enforcer who brought stability to the CAP
Experts tell the EU how to pay farmers for biodiversity
Ukraine to liberalise farmland market from next year
No meat today: The rise of vegetarianism and veganism
Gains for non-Euro countries as 2019 BPS conversion rates set
‘Illegal’ palm oil may have entered supply chains of global food giants
Indonesia plans to challenge EU palm oil measure at WTO
Replacing glyphosate in Europe: it’s doable, but complicated
Farmers “won’t be switching to organic agriculture” when they come off glyphosate
Bayer continues to defend glyphosate in cancer lawsuits
MEPs oppose imports of GM maize and soybeans
European listeria outbreaks spark meat product recalls
Italy pledges to strengthen food origin labelling
Production of imitation Italian cheese overtakes originals, Italian farmers report
Italy seeks CAP support for stink bug losses
European banana producers demand clear labelling for non-EU imports
Commission agrees to provide private storage aid to olive sector
Appellate Body ‘inevitably’ headed for hiatus: WTO facilitator
China seeks WTO permission to hit US with $2.4 billion in trade sanctions
IEG Vu – IEG Policy: 7 Top Food Commodity Trends
Next Generation Food. How health, climate change and politics are changing the way we eat (report)
Eur Activ: Agricultural sector should focus on achieving greater yield stability, experts say
Riesling will have a very different taste in the future
FAO: Food Price Index
Newsletter – Publications update
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019
GIEWS – Global Information and Early Warning System – Crop Prospects and Food Situation
IEG Policy: The world is off-track to end hunger, says FAO
AMIS – Agricultural Market Information System: Market Monitor – Issues
Latest Market Monitor No 72 (October)
International Grains Council (IGC): IGC webpage
Grain Market Report 26 September 2019
WTO: WTO lowers trade forecast as tensions unsettle global economy
Eur Activ: WTO foresees global trade halved in 2019
CAP Reform: Why farm numbers must continue to fall
REECAP (Research Network on Economic Experiments for the Common Agricultural Policy): About REECAP
Social Sciences: Economists run experiments, too
Annals of Internal Medicine: Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium
IEG Policy: Study that says red meat is not unhealthy faces fierce criticism
Le Point (FR): La viande rouge ne serait pas si mauvaise pour la santé
OECD: The Heavy Burden of Obesity (report)
Heavy Burden of Obesity: The Economics of Prevention. A quick guide for policy makers (Policy brief)
IEG Policy: Obesity “epidemic” is becoming a “world problem”, EESC leader warns
CAP “clearly has a role to play” on diets, Commission official says
OECD: Digital Opportunities for Better Agricultural Policies
FAIR Share – Digital tools for farm advisors: Newsletter
Arc2020: October Newsletter
Green New Deal for Europe: Commission Co-Opting the Real Deal
IPCC | Climate Chaos and Land Use: Is Livestock a Liability?
Your National Ag Minister is Killing an Environmental CAP
Farm-2-Fork 2030: A Truly Green Farming, Food and Rural Vision for Ireland
Kantar World Panel: Newsletter 7 October
Brand Footprint report, the new FMCG ranking is out
Urban Food Futures: Latest articles
Nature Research Journal: Counting the hidden $12-trillion cost of a broken food system
Even meat lovers go veggie when plant-heavy meals abound
FCRN: Has veganism become a dirty word? https://fcrn.org.uk/fcrn-blogs/how-has-veganism-become-dirty-word
European Review of Agricultural Economics: Advance articles
Russian food embargo and the lost trade
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE): Advance articles
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of US): Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions
Journal of Agricultural Economics (JAE): Articles – Early view on-line
Journal of Rural Studies: The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe
Agriculture: Volume 9, Issue 10
Foods: Volume 8, Issue 10
AgroInsurance International: World News Summary from AgroInsurance – 7 October
European Countryside: Issues
Frontiers in Plant Science: Open Source Seed, a Revolution in Breeding or Yet Another Attack on the Breeder’s Exemption?
European Scientist: A surge in antimicrobial resistance threatens the livestock industry
World Bank: Harvesting Prosperity : Technology and Productivity Growth in Agriculture
IFPRI: IFPRI Insights – 10 October
Compact 2025 End Hunger and Undernutrition – Brief 76
Compact 2025 End Hunger and Undernutrition – Brief 77
IFPRI monthly maize market report
Agriculture and undernutrition through the lens of economics
Resource: Where is the vision for agriculture? – Public policy expert Candel: ‘Stop the quick
CIHEAM: Newsletter
IPES-Food: Latest reports
Choices Magazine (AAEA): California Direct Marketer Perceptions of the Food Safety Modernization Act
USDA – ERS: Amber Waves
Net Cash Farm Income Trends Over the Past Decade Have Varied By State
Food-Insecure Households Spend Less and Acquire Less Food Per Week Than Food-Secure
USDA: 2019 Agricultural Outlook (Power Point presentation)
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE)
Farm Policy News: Biofuels Agreement Announcement Welcomed, but Details Lacking
Farmdoc Daily: Prospects for Corn Use in Ethanol
US CRS: Latest publications
Reuters: U.S. farmers receive $14.03 billion so far in government trade aid
Bloomberg: Farmers Say Trump’s $28 Billion Bailout Isn’t a Solution
SOL Asso: Would the WTO World Cotton Day solve the SSA farmers plight?
Would it solve the SSA cotton farmers plight?
Oxfam: End the suffering behind your food
IEG Policy: Oxfam uncovers abuse in supply chains and blames supermarkets
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre: Oxfam releases 2nd scoring of US & European supermarkets’ global food supply
The Guardian: Workers exploited at farms supplying UK supermarkets: report
BBC News: Oxfam alleges abuse in UK supermarket supply chains
Gro Intelligence: Hard Wheat Worries: Will North America’s Crop Make the Grade?
Palm Oil Sparks EU-Indonesia Trade War
Frost Will Nip Some of US Crop, but Most Areas Will Be Spared
China’s Layer-Chicken Population to See Rapid Growth, Gro Data Shows
Gro Analysis Points to Bigger US Cotton Crop
Monsoon Turnabout Shifts India’s Crop Outlook
What a China/US Trade Peace Could Mean for Soybean Stocks, Prices
Farm Policy News (US): U.S., China Take Initial Step on Trade Deal; China Agrees to Buy $40-$50 Billion in U.S. Farm Goods Amid Rough Details
China Offers Agricultural Purchases as Trade Talks Set to Resume
Chinese Purchases of U.S. Soybeans Continue, as Range of Topics in Trade Talks Narrows
Freezing Temperatures and Snow Bring Harvest Challenges
Farmdoc Daily (US): Chinese Purchases of U.S. Soybeans Continue, as Range of Topics in Trade Talks Narrows
Corn and Soybeans Move Higher on Supply and Trade
Corn and Soybean Export Sales Lag Last Year
International Differences in Labor Efficiency and Productivity
Examining USDA 2019 Acreage and Yield Estimates
Market Reaction to USDA’s August Corn Crop Reports
Choosing Between ARC-CO and PLC
Which Program Paid More Under the 2014 Farm Bill: ARC-CO or PLC?
Impact of Recent Changes in Corn and Fed Cattle Prices on Cattle Finishing Net Returns
Fall fertilizer considerations in 2019
Assessing Risk and Variation in 2018 Farm Revenue and Expenses
Global Meat: News
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The Beef / Dairy Site: Newsletter
Centre d’études et de prospective (CEP) (FR)
Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation (FR): AGRESTE – Statistiques
FranceAgriMer (FR): Website
Panorama de la consommation végétarienne en Europe – synthèse
Agri Mutuel (FR): Les prix du blé stables, rapport FranceAgriMer plutôt haussier
Académie d’Agriculture de France (FR): Le Mensuel, Num. 47
INSEE (FR): Big Data et statistiques
FARM – Le blog de la fondation (FR): Productivité agricole : un demi-siècle dans le rétroviseur. Et demain ?
European Scientist (FR): Lutte contre le gaspillage alimentaire : l’UE cherche à améliorer sa méthodologie
Agri Mutuel (FR): Newsletter A la une
Les cours des grains sous la menace d’une crise financière en 2020
Le Brésil parti pour détrôner les Etats-Unis dans la culture du soja
Viticulture – La France va consommer 95 % de son enveloppe d’aides européennes
Santé Publique France (FR): Polluants du quotidien : données inédites chez les enfants et les adultes
Le Figaro (FR): Alimentation: le Nutri-score modifie les habitudes de consommation des Français
Le Monde (FR): Manger demain (six enquêtes)
Au Pays-Bas, le poulet élevé sur étagères à la conquête du monde
En Andalousie, plongée dans l’enfer des serres de la tomate bio
Au Sénégal, le mil, céréale millénaire et dernier rempart contre la sècheresse
Le saumon, industrie à grande échelle et filon pour la Norvège
Au Canada, le miracle des lentilles, alternative aux protéines animales
La Corée du Sud veut convertir la planète aux algues
Wiki Agri (FR): L’agriculture face à l’enjeu de l’urgence climatique
Revenu des éleveurs, on est loin des deux Smics par unité de main-d’œuvre
Huit cents fermes maraichères verticales en exploitation ou en cours de construction dans le monde
Terre-net (FR): Marche du blé – Les éléments à suivre dans les prochains mois
Agroéconomie (FR): Champs d’avenir
Paysans et Société (FR): UE-Mercosur : Un accord à la Janus
Grande distribution : Un avenir incertain
Le Parisien (FR): Marges dans la grande distribution : dans le secret de la fabrique des prix
Enquête : d’où viennent vraiment les aliments qui finissent dans vos assiettes ?
Les Échos (FR): Quand la Chine débarque dans les ports européens
France Info (FR): La loi Alimentation française serait “un échec”
Good planet Info (FR): Élevage : le bio pour sortir de la crise ?
5. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Council: Preparations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings (Santiago de Chile, 2-13 December 2019) (Council conclusions)
EC: Citizen support for climate action (2019 survey)
Politics and Governance: Parliamentarizing a Politicized Policy: Understanding the Involvement of the European Parliament in UN Climate Negotiations
Global Environmental Change: Country-specific dietary shifts to mitigate climate and water crises
EU Observer: Timmermans to end EU climate ‘contradictions’
Eur Activ: Timmermans gets broad support at Parliament hearing: the main points
As it happened: Frans Timmermans’s hearing in EU Parliament
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: Our House Is Burning: Discrepancy in Climate Change vs. Biodiversity Coverage in the Media as Compared to Scientific Literature
Covering Climate Now: Global journalism initiative
Nature Research Journal: How climate change is melting, drying and flooding Earth — in pictures
Where climate cash is flowing and why it’s not enough
The Economist: The Amazon is reaching a dangerous tipping-point. Beyond this, the rainforest is unlikely to survive
Biological Conservation: Biodiversity offsetting: Certainty of the net loss but uncertainty of the net gain
OECD: Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation through Agriculture (report)
IEG Policy: OECD analyses greenhouse gas reduction policies for agriculture
OECD work in support of climate action
The role of agriculture in global GHG mitigation
Climate Reclaiming our Common Future
Greenhouse gas emissions – OECD Statistics
Science Magazine: Double counting and the Paris Agreement rulebook
Societal burdens of nature loss
Drought test begins in Biosphere 2 rainforest
Rapid reorganization of global biodiversity
Science for Environment Policy: Food waste: a reduction of up to 50% could reduce EU household expenditure and environmental impact
Circular economy: consumer attitudes to products made from urban bio-waste
Wildfires destroy protective effect of forest roots on soils
Soil erosion: moss helps land to recover from fire damage, Portugal
River flooding: area simultaneously affected in EU has grown by 50% in past 50 years
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy: Advance articles
Environments: Volume 6, Issue 10
Sustainability: Volume 11, Issue 20
Forests: Volume 10, Issue 10
Water: Volume 11, Issue 10
Climate: Volume 7, Issue 10
Energies: Volume 12, Issue 20
World Economic Forum: These are the places with the most climate change deniers
What are plastics and why do they matter? An explainer
The Washington Post: Connecting fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits, study finds
Actu Environnement (FR): Climat : la Russie ratifie officiellement l’Accord de Paris, sous conditions
Les fast-foods élaborent des règles communes pour assurer le tri des emballages en salle
Eur Activ (FR): Les antibiotiques, mauvais aussi pour le climat
6. OTHER ISSUES
Eur Activ: WTO in ‘critical situation’, EU warns
Fair enough? The EU’s guilty neglect of fair trade
WTO: Press release – WTO lowers trade forecast as tensions unsettle global economy
Eur Activ: WTO foresees global trade halved in 2019
The New York Times: Global Trade Is Deteriorating Fast, Sapping the World’s Economy
The Guardian: WTO warns tariff wars threaten jobs and global living standards
DW: WTO lowers trade growth forecast
SumOfUs: Poll: Vast majority of Europeans opposed to EU – Mercosur trade deal
EU – Mercosur polling results for SumOfUs
IEG Policy: “Vast majority of Europeans” oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal, suggests poll
Farming UK: Majority of Europeans against EU-Mercosur deal
OECD: Health for everyone? (report)
World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2019: How to end a lost decade of productivity growth
5 trends in the global economy – and their implications for economic policymakers
The New York Times: Productivity Stagnant Despite Global Stimulus: WEF
Borderlex: Newsletter 30 September
Eur Activ: Biotechnology: Europe’s next ‘hot potato’
Nature Research Journal: ‘Randomistas’ who used controlled trials to fight poverty win economic Nobel
Nature Briefing: Briefing 17 October
Science: Why skimping on sleep makes your brain crave sweets
USC News: Augmented reality app adds interactive enhancements to scientific posters, presentations
Global Trade and Customs Journal: Latest Issues
Journal of World Trade: Latest issues
European Public Law: Latest issues
CESifo Economic Studies: Website
Volume 65, Issue 3, September 2019
The Review of Economic Studies: Advance articles https://academic.oup.com/restud/advance-articles
International Economic Perspectives: Volume 20, Issue 4, November 2019
European Review of Economic History: Advance articles
The Conversation: How multinationals continue to avoid paying hundreds of billions of dollars in tax
CEPS: Monthly Bulletin – October
CEPII: Latest Newsletters
European Data Journalism Network (EDJD) (FR): L’I.A. chinoise bluffe-t-elle pour se développer en Europe ?
Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute: Introducing the serie “Europe’s new beginnings”
Eur Activ (FR): Les propositions de Nicolas Hulot pour le commerce international
Dans l’impasse, Bruxelles refuse toute réforme de sa politique commerciale
7. EVENTS
CEPS: The Politics of the EU Purse: Mastering the Multiannual Financial Framework (Seminar 21-23 October 2019)
Good Food, Good Farming: European Days of Action – Final Demonstration (Strasbourg, 22 October)
EESC: Can climate justice drive climate ambition? (23 October)
EURACTIV: Renewable gases: Where do they stand in the EU’s 2050 energy roadmap? (5 November)
European Committee of Regions: Conference on Rural post 2020 (12 November)
CMCC: Webinar – Climate services for irrigated agriculture (12 November)
Politico: Sustainable Future Summit 2019 (14 November 2019)
Eur Activ: Consumer behaviour & climate change: Can heating make a difference? (21 November)
EC: EU Conference on Modelling for Policy support: Experiences, challenges and the way ahead (26/27 November)
CMCC: Webinar – Climate information and tools for impact analysis (10 December)
OECD: Webinar – Aligning Policies in the Land-use Nexus (10 December)
EC: The 2019 EU Agricultural Outlook conference (10 – 11 December) (Early warning)
ELO: Land and Soil Management Award (applications before 31 December 2019)
Food Dynamics: System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks (14th International European Forum / 176th EAAE Seminar, 10-14 February 2020)
With acknowledgements to IEG Policy, Politico, CAP Reform.eu, Euractiv, Centre d ‘études et de prospective, Illinois.edu, FranceAgriMer and Tomás Garcia Azcárate (EAGRA)
