Publikationen in Englisch

Here you can find a factsheet by Renate Künast and myself on the war in Ukraine, the supply situation on the agricultural markets and the discussion about what to do now. The war Putin is waging against Ukraine is a humanitarian and international legal disaster. It is existential that and how the European Union acts here together with its allies. The acts of war are costing more and more lives and forcing women and children to flee. In addition, there are serious consequences for the...

Download STUDY: GREENWASHING & HIGH TECH - Faking it: (un-)sustainable solutions for agriculture The climate crisis and species extinction are the biggest challenges for agriculture at present. Every study and international report correctly says: agriculture is both, perpetrator and victim. The vast majority of international and European scientists agree that the manner in which we farm has to change fundamentally. It is uncontested that intensive animal agriculture and intensive nitrogen...

von Reinhild Benning und Dr. Andreas Striezel, Autorin/Autor Studie „Recherche zu Reserveantibiotika bei Tieren die der Lebensmittelgewinnung dienen - Reserveantibiotika als Metaphylaxe und Gruppenbehandlung verzichtbar". In einigen EU-Ländern steigt der Verbrauch an sogenannten Reserveantibiotika in der Tierhaltung weiterhin an. Reserveantibiotika sind Wirkstoffe, die bei der Behandlung von Menschen dann herangezogen werden, wenn alle anderen Antibiotika aufgrund von Resistenzbildung...

SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE OF LEOPOLDINA AND EASAC STATEMENTS ON GENOME EDITED PLANTS IN THE EU    Full Version EN Executive Summary - SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE OF LEOPOLDINA AND EASAC STATEMENTS ON GENOME EDITED PLANTS IN THE EU DE Zusammenfassung - WISSENSCHAFTLICHE KRITIK DER LEOPOLDINA UND EASAC STELLUNGNAHMEN ZU GENOM-EDITIERTEN PFLANZEN FR Résumé - CRITIQUE SCIENTIFIQUE DES DÉCLARATIONS DE LEOPOLDINA ET L’EASAC SUR LA RÉGULATION DES PLANTES AU GÉNOME ÉDITÉ IT Sintesi - CRITICA...

For practical agriculture it will be very important, even essential, to develop or rediscover adaptation systems which minimise the risks brought about by climate change. Agricultural systems have to be geared first and foremost towards resilience rather than highest yields. That goes for torrential rains as well as drought and increasing pest pressure. Almost all measures that increase resilience are at the same time climate-friendly, organic agriculture being the best example. -> downlod...

 --> download summary Genetically engineered plants as a universal remedy for hunger and drought? Little suitable and very risky, says a new study on new genetic engineering methods in agriculture, issued by the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament.The dairy farmer and Green MEP Martin Häusling is co-author and publisher of the study published in July "future or time bomb? Designer plants as universal remedy are not the solution! "

Die Studie wurde am 19.07.2019 in Berlin vorgestellt.  --> Download der englischen Zusammenfassung (summary) Inhalt: Die Richter der Europäischen Gerichtshofes (EUGH) haben im Juni 2018 mit bemerkenswerter Deutlichkeit neue Gentechnik-Verfahren wie CRISPR/Cas unter das europäische Gentechnikrecht gestellt. Die Juristen machen damit eindeutig klar, dass Verfahren, die technisch in die DNA eingreifen, auch dann Gentechnik sind, wenn sie keine artfremde DNA einführen. In den...