Malta Agriculture News

The sudden, widespread death of bee populations in Europe and around the world is one of the most perplexing environmental mysteries of this century. In 2007, entire colonies of honey bees began to abruptly disappear, first in the US, then in Europe.

Though they have survived fires, insect outbreaks and logging, the forests of Europe may now face their biggest challenge ever: climate change.

European scientists have achieved a 50% reduction in the amount of energy used in the production of plants grown in a greenhouse.

Faster and cheaper screening tests for contaminants in honey are set to be on the market this year thanks to CONffIDENCE, a research project that has received €5.8 million in EU-funding.

Tomorrow’s plastics could come from an unusual source: slaughterhouse waste. European researchers are developing new approaches to produce biodegradable plastics from the waste products without using fossil fuels.

Malnutrition is the cause of about a third of the annual child death toll and of 20% of death during pregnancy worldwide. For a healthy diet, it is not only the quantity of food that counts, but also its quality.

The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project was nominated for the Times Higher Education Award for International Collaboration of the Year.

On Monday 19th July 2010, an awards ceremony to celebrate the winner of the widely contested European Organic Logo Competition was held in Place St Catherine, Brussels.

Organic food meets fresh design: The European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development is inviting all design and art students from the 27 EU Member States to enter the EU-wide organic logo competition.