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Themes
Here you can find information on selected themes of current interest
Danish EU Presidency 2012
Conference on Antimicrobial Resistence, March 2012
Conference on Future meat Insepction, February 2012
GMOs - what's in it for us?
Summary of a Danish fact report on the use of genetically modified crops in agriculture and food production, October 2009.
Climate change and food
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture account for 14% Denmarks total emissions
Rural development
Denmark and the EU will invest more than 800 million euro in the development of rural districts up intil 2013.
Organic production and consumption
Denmark has a high consumption of organic products per capita compared to other European countries, an 7 % of Denmark area is cultivated organically.
Yield of Fish
The Danish proposal for a New Fisheries Policy that will enable the EU to reach the goal of
a sustainable Common Fisheries Policy producing the highest long term economic yield of fish stocks at the lowest impact cost on stocks and environment.
Smiley - food inspection
The Danish smiley-scheme has become highly popular among Danish consumers as well as the enterprises, and has proved effective in raising food safety.
Research Seminar on Climate Change
The objective of this seminar, held on 22 May 2008, was to contribute to the professional basis of the Advisory Council for Food research's recommendations to the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries in regard to future research in the area of climate and agriculture/food production.
International Conference on Future Farming
Conference in Copenhagen, April 2008
Bioenergy
Danish report 2008 on the interaction between food, animal feed and bioenergy.
