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EU legislation could lead to crop yield losses and substantial price rises |
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Thursday, 04 December 2008 |
A recent study, undertaken by the European Centre for Agricultural,
Regional and Environmental Policy Research (EuroCare), has warned that
new pest management legislation in Europe could result in crop
production shifting to other countries and prices for commodities could
rise sharply
The study says that legislation currently being considered in Brussels to reduce the pest management options available to farmers would increase end prices by anywhere between 20 and 100%.
The legislation, which is set to replace Directive 91/414/EEC, would essentially remove a range of pest management tools currently used in agricultural production in Europe and, according to EuroCare, this could result in substantial price increases for all agricultural produce by 2013 because of crop yield losses.
Following the findings of the EuroCare study, the European Crop Protection Association has called for the European Parliament and Commission to request an independent impact assessment from the European Foods Safety Authority (EFSA) on the proposed pest management restriction criteria.
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