Agriculture

Seemingly pragmatic responses to urgent public problems risk major societal and environmental consequences.

Global developments shine a spotlight on Europe’s entrenched relationship with agricultural inputs.

Rowan Jaines counts on satellites and architects to correct the rural record.

Can the success of Italian farmers forgoing decades of monoculture and chemical overuse be replicated on a broader scale in Europe?

Once the motor of European integration, the CAP now rewards productivity and punishes sustainable agriculture.

Farmers in Italy and in the rest of the EU are struggling to stay afloat as they navigate a supply chain that favours big retailers.

A cross-border investigation sheds light on the risks of a profit-driven energy transition in Spain and Italy.

In the Po Valley, investment in solar energy provides financial relief for farmers, but also poses a threat to local identity and food security.

Danes demand change after decades of pollution from intensive pig farming have left their country’s fjords in decline.

The challenges European farmers face are well known. Yet the mental health toll of this state of uncertainty has so far remained largely overlooked.