Around 40 per cent of the EU’s budget goes on agriculture but a growing number of farmers are struggling. At the same time food has never been so popular or topical whether it’s cooking, organic or obesity issues.
Food and agriculture
Feeding a continent
EU proposes slimmer post-Brexit agricultural subsidy programme
The European Commission presents its plans of agricultural subsidies under the 2021-2027 EU budget.
EU votes for near-total ban on bee-killing pesticides
EU countries have voted for a near-total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in what campaigners called a "beacon of hope" for the winged insects.
EU proposes crackdown on unfair trading practices of food products
The European Commission want to ban unfair trade practices in wholesale food markets
UK fishermen fear Brexit betrayal with one year to go
On the dockside in Brixham, a fishing port in southwest England, the fear is that Britain's departure from the EU may prove a false dawn for hopes of taking back control.
International donors raise 456m euros for Gaza desalination plant
The European Union says international donors have raised 456 million euros ($560 million) to build a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip to provide around 2 million people with safe drinking water
Water: Why the taps run dry
The world has abundant freshwater but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, UN agencies say, as highlighted by the severe shortages in Cape Town.