Neonicotinoids are restricted or banned in some European countries. Why is it so hard to find safer and more effective alternative pesticides?

Neonicotinoids are restricted or banned in some European countries. Why is it so hard to find safer and more effective alternative pesticides?

L'Opinion |
The [French] government has just issued a decree authorizing, by way of exemption, the use in 2023 of sugar beet ...
Viewpoint: ‘What was already problematic before the war in Ukraine has become catastrophic’—Europe’s Farm-to-Fork agriculture policy would exacerbate global food crisis

Viewpoint: ‘What was already problematic before the war in Ukraine has become catastrophic’—Europe’s Farm-to-Fork agriculture policy would exacerbate global food crisis

Robert Schuman Foundation |
There is a nascent tsunami of food shortages, a wave whose devastating power is only just beginning to emerge. In ...
Age of eco-terrorism: Why are activists attacking the most productive part of our food industry — modern agriculture?

Age of eco-terrorism: Why are activists attacking the most productive part of our food industry — modern agriculture?

L'Opinion |
The attack on a grain train by activists hostile to what they call “agro-industry” on March 19 in Brittany, France ...
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Non-GMO pest-resistant sunflower field destroyed by French anti-biotech ‘Volunteer Reapers’

L'Opinion |
Two hectares of experimental sunflower crops were destroyed not far from Rodez by about sixty voluntary mowers, an anti-GMO movement ...