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A sustainable approach to agriculture is crucial
to ensuring that natural
resources can meet the increasing food needs of a growing population, now
and well into the future.
The
European Union’s Green Deal
has established Europe as a leader in
sustainable agriculture and defines several targets that will have an impact on
the agricultural industry broadly, and the crop protection sector specifically.
A Sustainable Approach
The Commission will take actions to:
• reduce by 50%
the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030.
• reduce by 50%
the use of more hazardous pesticides by 2030.
The
excess of nutrients in the environment
is a major source of
air, soil and water pollution, negatively impacting biodiversity and
climate. The Commission will act to:
• reduce nutrient losses by at least 50%,
while ensuring no
deterioration of soil fertility
by 2030.
• reduce fertilizer use by at least 20%
by 2030.
Organic farming
is an environmentally-friendly practice that
needs to be further developed. The Commission will boost the
development of EU organic farming area with the aim to achieve
25% of total farmland under organic farming by 2030.
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