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The European Agriculture Ministers have approved the EU Commission's Organic Farming Action Plan, with a goal of achieving 25% of the total EU agricultural area to be organic by 2030. The success of this initiative depends on the increase in demand for organic products. Germany's goal is to increase organic land to 20% by 2030, up from 9.6% in 2020. However, the ministers face disagreements on a potential EU-wide ban on the killing of male laying chicks, with Eastern European countries expressing concerns about the cost-effectiveness of such a ban.
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During their first meeting under the Slovenian EU Council Presidency, the European Agriculture Ministers approved the EU Commission's Organic Farming Action Plan. In May 2021, the Commission presented the strategy to further develop organic farming in the EU. For 2030, the EU Commission aims to achieve an organic share of 25% of the total EU agricultural area. For the EU agriculture ministers, however, the expansion of organic agriculture is only possible if the demand for organic products increases accordingly. EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski spoke of “one of the most important priorities of his term of office” with regard to the organic farming goal. In this context, he reaffirmed the importance of the new instrument of eco-schemes and the strategic plans of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which the Member States could use to develop the organic sector. Berlin wants 20% organic space State Secretary Beate Kasch, who traveled to Brussels on behalf of ...
Source: Top Agrar Online
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