BMEL promotes project ideas for regional food
In future, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL) will fund innovative ideas to strengthen regional value chains. According to the BMEL, projects are to receive financial support not only in

Turkish walnut consumption three times higher than its production
Turkey’s walnut production doesn’t come close to covering the consumption, says Cengiz Bostanci, who works for the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Bartin: “Turkey is one of the

Özdemir on genetic engineering: "Coexistence and patent freedom must be guaranteed".
The European Commission has presented new proposals on how to deal with so-called New Genomic Techniques (NGT). The Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, says: "For me as

IGP Melocotón de Cieza presents its 2023 campaign
Manuel Ruiz, president of the Protected Geographical Indication Cieza Peach, this morning presented the new production, marketing and promotion campaign for this peach. The presentation ceremony,

‘Argentina insists on local currency agreements within Mercosur’
During a conference with his Mercosur peers on the opening day of the bloc's 62nd summit, Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa said that “in order to strengthen intra-Mercosur trade, it is

The PGI Melocotón de Cieza's peach campaign has started
Manuel Ruiz, the president of the Protected Geographical Indication Melocotón de Cieza, presented this morning this peach's new production, marketing, and promotion campaign. The presentation,

Agrisolar Park, decree published in the Gazzetta
The decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry with the measures for the construction of photovoltaic systems to be installed on buildings for productive use in the

Post-flood, Lollobrigida and farmers' organisations meet Figliuolo
An initial fact-finding meeting was held yesterday in Rome between the Commissioner for Reconstruction, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, the Minister for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry,