FARM MINISTERS PUT BRAKES ON REFORM PROGRESS
The most recent meetings of the European Union’s farm ministers have given a pretty clear indication that any changes which may take place in the common agricultural policy are unlikely to be more than...
View ArticleFOOD SECURITY DEPENDS ON SCIENCE
It is now generally accepted that if an expected world population of 9+ billion by 2050 is to be adequately fed, world food production has to be massively increased. Estimates vary on how much, the...
View ArticlePARLIAMENT’S TOUGH DEAL ON CAP REFORM
The farm lobby’s supporters in the European Parliament are clearly determined on only minimal adjustments to the common agricultural policy in return for guarantees of the continuation of the €55...
View ArticleCONCENTRATE BUDGET CUTS ON CAP
The case for cutting the European Union budget is obviously strong. It is argued that while all of the 27 member governments are squeezing their citizenry in order to cut public spending, there is no...
View ArticleCOULD CAP REFORM STIMULATE GREATER FARM OUTPUT?
According to defenders of an unreformed European agriculture policy, current plans to harmonise and restrict EU farm income payments are likely to threaten viability of the agriculture industry and...
View ArticleCLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY
Whatever governments may or may not agree on GHG emissions, the one thing that is likely is that average global temperatures will continue to rise. What is also likely is that the world’s food...
View ArticleREALITIES OF THE FOOD FUTURE
Whatever dreams environmentalists may have of a world fed by a chemical-free organic agriculture, the hard reality is likely to be something very different. Laudable though the green farming paradigm...
View ArticleCHINA’S PROSPERITY WILL PUT STRAIN ON WORLD FOOD SUPPLY
The increasing prosperity of the world’s largest concentration of people – China – is likely to put increasing pressure on the world’s food supply. With a population of more than 1.3 million, an annual...
View ArticleMORE FOOD MILES NONSENSE
The idiocies of the food miles thesis, the idea that every nation should seek self-sufficiency in food production to save the planet from global warming have received a further boost from the UK’s...
View ArticleSELF-SUFFICIENCY DOESN’T GUARANTEE FOOD SECURITY
Governments aiming to achieve greater food security are unlikely to achieve it through greater self-sufficiency in food production. In fact, pursuit of self-sufficiency is likely to be a major cause of...
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