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Did you know you can protect the environment and receive direct aid? Eco-schemes are voluntary practices that improve environmental and climate performance in agriculture. In this video from the CAP Network, we show you two real-world examples of good practices applicable to eco-schemes.
Agriculture and the environment can not only coexist, but are the best allies for ensuring each other's future.
Cereal cultivation is linked to the very history of humankind. It is one of the oldest and most widespread agricultural activities in the world. Cereals, such as wheat, barley, and rye, form the basis of the diet for a vast number of people and animals worldwide.
The Basic Regulation on Plant Health adopts a new classification of pests associated with plants, plant products, and other objects. This classification, developed in Chapters II and III of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, allows for better prioritization of actions and measures to be taken against these pests and, therefore, a more efficient allocation of resources.
Two main factors are necessary for a resistant weed population to appear: - The application of an active ingredient in a herbicide consecutively for several years - That the specific weed species has the propensity to develop resistance
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera is a beetle belonging to the Chrysomelidae family, native to Mexico and considered one of the most damaging pests of corn.
The common purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) is a species included in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection, pursuant to the provisions of Royal Decree 139/2011, of February 4, for the development of the List of Wild Species under Special Protection and the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species.
It is a robust perennial plant with a root system that, in theory, can reach two meters deep and tends to be placed horizontally from which new plants can sprout.
Requirements to be met by agricultural holdings in relation to hygiene in primary agricultural production
Since December 14, 2019, the new provisions on plant health, which affect operators of plant material and are included within the legislative package on animal health and phytotoxicity, have been fully applicable throughout the European Union.
During the development of bean cultivation, the producer has to face a series of decisions that will determine the final success of the crop: when and how to prepare the land?, when to sow?, what seed to use?, how to control weeds?, how to identify and combat the most common pests and diseases?, how to manage the crop sustainably?, how to manage the harvest?, how to preserve the grain?, etc.
This second edition of the book “Plant Pathogens Described in Spain” aims to update the first edition published in 1999, with the new pathogens detected since then, completing the list, their description, affected hosts, diseases they cause and their geographical distribution, based on sufficiently accredited references.
Mycotoxins are one of the health hazards that can affect cereals and their derived products, which is why they were one of the first contaminants to be evaluated and regulated at the European level, in order to reduce the total intake of consumers to this type of toxin through their diet.
Climate change and its negative consequences for our planet and socioeconomic systems are now recognized by the scientific community and society at large [1]. To mitigate this situation, it is crucial to reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity, as they are the primary cause of global warming.
Inventory of innovative projects implemented by supra-regional operational groups of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability of the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR) 2014-2022, submeasure 16.2.
English translation of a compilation of projects developed through EAFRD funds, operational groups and innovative projects working in marketing in the agricultural, livestock, forestry and agri-food industries sectors.
"Technical Dossier No. 123: “Operational groups in Catalonia. Call 2018” is dedicated to the Operational Groups developed within the framework of the CAP Strategic Plan (PEPAC 2023-2027), and taking into account the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems, also known as AKIS (Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System).
