The new action plan for the development of the organic sector was published on 25 March 2021. IFOAM Organics Europe welcomes this new Organic Action Plan 2021-2027 as it includes important push and pull actions that will contribute to the development of supply of and demand for organic products. It will therefore be an important instrument for reaching the Farm to Fork strategy’s target of 25% organic land by 2030.

Agriculture Ministers of the European Union met on 22-23 March to further discuss their position on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). With a ‘super trilogue’ scheduled tomorrow, Friday 26 March, EU institutions might strike a deal on key aspects of the Strategic Plans regulation, such as the green architecture.

The new EU Organic Regulation published in June 2018 will be supplemented and amended by 15 to 20 secondary acts before its entry into force on 1 January 2022. Two new secondary regulations have been published in the EU Official Journal.

As part of the EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030, the Commission’s Soil Strategy will update the current strategy to address soil degradation and preserve land resources (‘land degradation neutrality’).

The European Commission is looking for stakeholders’ feedback to design future policy options for the revision of the Sustainable Use of pesticides Directive (SUD) 2009/128/EC.

The Farm to Fork strategy’s ambitions and targets have created needs for new data on pesticide and fertiliser use. In January 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new Regulation on Statistics on Agricultural Inputs and Outputs (SAIO Regulation), covering data on agricultural production (crops and animal), plant protection products, nutrients and agricultural prices. 

Do you want to help save bees and farmers? Then add your signature to The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) before the end of June 2021.

A long-awaited solution for seed suppliers, European organic farmers, and national authorities arrived. The new router database will increase the availability of seed of organic varieties and help increase the transparency of the European organic seed market.

RELACS just released a new project video on replacing copper in plant protection products in organic viticulture. In the organic vineyard inherited from his grandfather, vintner and owner Márton Ruppert has been using tagatose to replace copper in the framework of a RELACS project’s experiment.

As a follow-up of the thematic sessions hosted during BIOFACH, we are bringing our members live sessions during which they can exchange with experts.

IFOAM Organics Europe is the European umbrella organisation for organic food and farming. We represent organic in European policymaking and advocate for fair, environmentally conscious, healthy, and caring food and farming systems across Europe, in line with our Vision 2030.

Making Europe more organic has always been the European organic movement’s mission. Working towards this goal means leading change, believing in holistic approaches and thriving on interactions with other like-minded initiatives.

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