INTERNATIONAL
CONFEDERATION
OF EUROPEAN
BEET GROWERS
European Sugar Beet Growers held their 46th Congress in Gdańsk from 1st to 3rd June 2022. They examined the main economic and political issues currently facing sugar beet growing in Europe, with a special focus on the management of risks, the trade policy, the issues of the European Green Deal and the consequences of the war in Ukraine.
European sugar beet growers express their solidarity with the Ukrainian people, farmers and sugar beet industry suffering from the war. In this situation, Europe has to reaffirm its ambition on food and energy sovereignty and its role in the global food balance.
Ahead of the debate at EU Agri Council on 21 February on the coherence between the Green Deal, the CAP and trade policy, CIBE shares its views on why reciprocity and mirror measures are crucial.
On14 December 2021, the WTO circulated its panel reports in dispute complaints targeting Indian sugar subsidies.
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The Mercosur agreement does: NOT ensure fair competition for EU farmers, NOT prioritise consumer protection, NOT include strong safeguards to protect the environment.
✅Ensure productivity gains & competitiveness💪
✅Protect growers from unfair competition⚖️
✅Ensure resilience to rising risks🦠📉
✅Support innovation🧬
2025 will be Congress year! European sugar beet world will meet in Rotterdam from 11 to 13 June.
Read our new brochure highlighting the importance of sugar beet local production in Europe !
Discover our Manifesto ahead of 2024 European elections!
Let's work together to restore European agriculture's ambition. The voice of sugar beet growers is outlining 4 priorities:
See how the beet sugar sector is working hard to develop sustainable alternatives to respond to the ban of some key plant protection products.
Such alternatives will most likely have to consist of a combination of techniques and approaches. To develop and successfully implement these will require time, several years and considerable financial investment.
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In October 2013, the European beet growers (CIBE), sugar producers (CEFS) and trade unions of the food and agriculture sector (EFFAT) have formalised a landmark agreement to jointly highlight and report on representative Good Practices of sustainable production of beet sugar in the EU.
CIBE takes part in the AgroCycle project, a Sino-EU collaborative research venture, funded by the European Commission under its Horizon 2020 programme to create a protocol for the implementation of the 'circular economy' across the agri-food sector.
