INTERNATIONAL
CONFEDERATION
OF EUROPEAN
BEET GROWERS
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.
The European Commission is organizing the 2nd edition of the "Farm to Fork conference on 14-15 October 2021, just before the World Food Day 2021. The Farm to Fork conference 2021 will focus on the progress made on the initiatives foreseen in the Farm to Fork strategy's (F2F) action plan, support the EU's efforts to achieve a global transition to sustainable food systems and put emphasis on transition enablers.
The agricultural community in the EU faces several challenges: produce sufficiently for a growing population, produce sustainably to address environmental and climate change issues, ensure competitiveness in a sector that is exposed to international markets and generate a decent income. In this context, the Agriculture & Progress Platform's mission is to provide society and decision-makers with answers and proposals on the needs and challenges of guaranteeing sustainable agricultural production and to highlight the important role of innovation in this context.
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.
