AgraFood Europe

摘要

The British government has urged its EU partners to remove import tariffs on food products to help tackle spiralling global food prices; EU agriculture ministers failed to reach agreement on a controversial regulation on pesticides at the Farm Councilmeeting in Brussels; The European Commission could lift the existing ban on imports of chemically-treated poultrymeat from the United States; The French National Assembly blocked the passage of the long-awaited law on GMOs, passing a technical veto by aone-vote majority; Prime farmland prices in England have risen by as much as 26% in the first three months of 2008, according to property consultancy Savills Research; The US House of Representatives approved the Congressional version of the new Farm Bill with a 318-106 vote - more than enough to override an expected Presidential veto; Rice prices, which have been rising on world markets over past weeks, may well be affected by the cyclone disaster in Burma; Is the CAP in good health?