Agriculture

Ukraine Could Lack Seeds For Grain Crops For Years: French Producers

Reduced production of crop seeds in Ukraine due to war with Russia could affect the country's grain production for several years, a French seed industry gr...

Food, Farming And Forestry Must Be Transformed To Curb Global Warming, UN Says

Protecting forests, changing diets, and altering farming methods could contribute around a quarter of the greenhouse gas cuts needed to avert the worst imp...

Ukraine Has Sown 150,000 Hectares Of Spring Crops So Far: Deputy Minister

Major global grain grower Ukraine has sown the first 150,000 hectares of spring crops amid the Russian invasion which could sharply reduce the sowing area,...

EU Offers Farmers Aid, More Land To Grow Due To Ukraine War

The European Union is set to distribute €500 million ($550 million) to help farmers and allow them to grow crops on fallow land as part of measures to...

Ukraine War Could Delay EU Sustainable Farming Plans

The European Commission may delay the publication of proposals on sustainable farming and nature that had been expected this week, while the impact of the...

Italy Urges Overhaul Of EU Farm Rules As Ukraine War Hits Supplies

Italy's agriculture minister has said that the European Union should delay implementing policies that curb agricultural production given a supply crisis ca...

Ukraine Introduces Export Licences For Key Agricultural Commodities

Ukraine has introduced export licences for its key agriculture commodities wheat, corn and sunflower oil, Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted a government...

EU May Let Farmers Use Fallow Land As Ukraine War Hits Grain Supply

The European Union will consider letting farmers use fallow land, notably to grow protein crops for livestock feed, to counter disruption to supply from Uk...