European Parliament members voted to ban some of the most toxic and dangerous pesticides to human health.

Europhiles and Eurosceptics can argue until the cows come home about whether membership of the EU brings more benefits or disadvantages.

Last year, the US and the EU's western countries accounted for 96 percent of world sales of organic products. Eastern European countries, however, are increasingly discovering the benefits of organics.

The organic rules relate to a stretch of activities from producing organic farm inputs to storage and marketing.

European agriculture is under threat as the quality of soil worsens, particularly in eastern states.

CORE Organic is a new European initiative to enhance quality, relevance and resource utilisation in organic food and farming research. The initiative comprises 11 European countries supported by the EU-commission.

The European Union is funding a new 18M Euro Integrated Project QUALITY LOW INPUT FOOD that aims to improve quality, ensure safety and improve productivity along the European organic and other low input food supply chains.

The plan aims to facilitate the ongoing development of organic farming in the EU through 21 concreted policy measures.

The people of Britain have spoken out against Genetically Modified Foods, in a massive survey to test public opinion, with 9 out of every 10 people surveyed against GM.

The Cartagena Protocol sets out the first international legal framework for the cross-border movement of GMOs on the basis of the precautionary principle.

The EU has rejected a bid by upper Austria to ban GM crops, in an attempt to protect traditional and organic farming.

Countries from around the world have resolved to cooperate more closely in order to develop a better framework for the sustainable development of the worlds aquaculture sector.

The commercial growing of genetically modified crops would bring little short-term benefit to the British economy, a government report is expected to say on Friday.

The European Parliament has passed legislation to enforce labelling of all foods that contain genetically modified ingredients.

The EU dismisses the USAs decision to take the GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) issue to World Trade Organisation dispute settlement as legally misguided, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful.

Palau has become the 50th country to ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, starting a 90-day countdown to the agreement’s entry into force on 11th of September 2003.

The EU takes its legal stance on genetically modified food, setting the example for all countries to have the right to decide whether they choose to import GM foods.

The US announced this week their intention to request WTO consultations on the EUs authorisation system for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The European Commission regrets this move as legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful.