Sustainable Consumer Goods
The Länderarbeitsgemeinschaft Ökologischer Landbau (LÖK) has spoken out against immunocastration in the course of the discussion on anaesthetic-free piglet castration. Associations and corporations are now vehemently demanding that vaccination against boar odour will be further permitted.
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Andreas Schweikert, agriculture officer of the digital association Bitkom, on the interaction between ecology and technology and the challenges that digital developments bring with them in agriculture – such as the serious danger from hackers.
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Making successful methods in organic plant protection accessible throughout Europe is the aim of the “Biofruitnet” project initiated by Naturland. Through the exchange of knowledge between farmers, advisers and research institutes, innovations in organic fruit growing are to be promoted – and the competitiveness of European organic fruit growing is to be strengthened.
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The demand for organic spices is growing. Due to the high proportion of imports and the growing risk of weather-related crop failures, even the procurement of organic spices is a challenge. Many producers therefore rely on contract farming.
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Organic farming is dependent on the use of externally produced pesticides. Often, copper-based pesticides are used here, while in the Mediterranean region they are also mineral oil-based. However, their use is controversial. The European research project RELACS is looking for alternatives.
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Top marks in terms of exhibitors, exhibition space and internationality – the trade fair duo BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food, and VIVANESS, International Trade Fair for
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The view that conventional products are cheaper to produce than organic ones is wrong. The reason: the costs for society as a whole are not taken into account.
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The demand for organic products is on the rise. However, ecologically valuable areas are increasingly competing with energy crop cultivation, compensation or settlement areas. The StadtLandBio initiative now wants to take countermeasures.
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The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) is reformed every seven years. The regulation drafts which the EU Commission has presented in 2018, provide for both economic and ecological measures.
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Bablu Ganguly is co-founder of the Timbaktu Collective. Since its beginnings, it has become a best practice example that has improved quality of life in rural areas and provides an array of prospects for the future.
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