Event: Green Week

Green makes good business

GREEN Week in Berlin is the world’s largest exhibition for agriculture, the food industry and horticulture. This year’s 10-day event, which ended yesterday, attracted 1,650 exhibitors from 70 countries, including Ireland.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2014

EU to re-activate subsidies for dairy products to help exporters

THE European Union is to re-activate subsidies for a series of dairy products to help struggling exporters compete better on the depressed world market.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2009

Biofuel targets can be met, says Barroso

THE minimum 10% target for biofuels by 2020, proposed in the European Union’s roadmap for renewable energy, is feasible without creating unmanageable tensions between food and non-food production.

Thu, 25 Jan, 2007

Food sector to become competitive in decisive year, commissioner says

IT will be a decisive year for European agriculture, Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel predicted in Berlin yesterday at the start of Green Week, a major international exhibition for the food, agricultural and horticultural industries.

Fri, 19 Jan, 2007