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Agrifood transition: "The need to consider farming as a business " (A. Bourolleau, Hectar)

“Financing a farm and making a living amid entirely new expectations from entrepreneurs and employees means that agriculture must reorganise around this social dimension. Critical mass and value creation are the two pillars we’re working on. We need to bring management skills back to the core of…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 415630
• Published on 16/10/25 at 10:32

EU: "save the forests" and cancel EUDR postponement (campaigners' call to the Commission)

"The laws that we have managed to secure are now in danger. It has been six days since we left France with our "Save our Forests" bus, collecting the voices of people affected by the bad practices of deforestation and also the ones who shared the good practices. We have been going around with a…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Producers, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 415514
• Published on 15/10/25 at 17:37

EU / Trilogue on NGTs: "The sustainability issue is still challenging." (EU official / Council)

'Parliament showed a willingness to compromise on patents. The sustainability issue remains challenging, but we agreed to mandate a technical level to explore options', declared an EU official following the second NGT trilogue on 14/10/2025. Two more political trilogues are scheduled for later…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Public health & nutrition, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 415460
• Published on 15/10/25 at 14:50

FR /Annie Genevard reappointed Minister for Agriculture, Food and and Food Sovereignty

Annie Genevard has been reappointed Minister for Agriculture, Food and Food Sovereignty in Sébastien Lecornu's (second) Government, the French Presidency announced on 12/10/2025. She has held the post since September 2024. The new government announced on 12/10/205 comprises 34 ministers…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 415046
• Published on 13/10/25 at 08:34

FR/GHG emissions: 190 Mt CO2e in the 1^st half of 2025, 0.6% lower than in 2024 (Citepa)

190 Mt CO2e is the volume of GHG emissions in France in the first half of 2025, as pre-estimated by Citepa (French study centre on atmospheric pollution) in its monthly emissions barometer for the period, published on 10/10/2025. The figure is 0.6% lower than for the same period in 2024, at 191 Mt…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation
• Article # 414915
• Published on 10/10/25 at 16:00

FR / GHG: +1.3% emissions from the farming sector in H1 2025 (yoy), -0.3% forecast for the year (Citepa)

GHG emissions from agriculture and forestry are estimated at 42.3 Mt CO2e for the first half of 2025, compared with 41.7 Mt CO2e for the same period in 2024, an increase of 1.3%, according to the Frehch association Citepa (Centre interprofessionnel technique d'études de la pollution atmosphérique…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Research & innovation, Farming / food production
• Article # 414832
• Published on 09/10/25 at 17:29

FR / Seine Nourricière: "Operational tools to achieve the PAD's objectives" (A. Pulvar, Mairie de Paris)

"The aim, through Seine Nourricière (Nurturing Seine), is to achieve the objectives of the PAD (Plan d'Alimentation Durable / Sustainable Food Plan) for the City of Paris, while the neighbouring local authorities have their own plans. Most of the other local authorities that are members of…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Producers, Freight & Logistics, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 414783
• Published on 09/10/25 at 15:28

FR / Heat: inauguration of an industrial waste recovery unit by Lesaffre and Engie Solutions

On 07/10/2025, Brice-Audren Riché, Managing Director of French agrifood operator Lesaffre, and Catherine MacGregor, Managing Director of Engie, inaugurated a waste heat recovery unit at Lesaffre's historic site in Marcq-en-Barœul (Nord), announced Lesaffre on 08/10/2025. Two heat pumps will reuse…

Domain(s): Energies, Agrifood
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 414734
• Published on 09/10/25 at 11:44

FR / State budget 2025: €4,1 M allocated for food safety and ecology programmes

€4,1 M in payment appropriations and the same amount in commitment authorisations have been allocated to programmes 206 "Food safety and health quality", 215 "Conduct and management of agricultural policies", 205 "Maritime affairs, fisheries and aquaculture" and 217 "Conduct and management of…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Farming / food production
• Article # 414723
• Published on 09/10/25 at 11:13

Simplifying the CAP and strengthening the position of farmers: results of MEPs votes

MEPs adopted the proposal to simplify the CAP and the discussion mandate to strengthen the position of farmers in the agri-food chain at the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg on 08/10/2025. The text carried by rapporteur André Rodrigues (S&D, Portugal) was adopted with 492 votes…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 414587
• Published on 08/10/25 at 15:59