WHAT IS IT? Vulcanus in Japan started in 1997. The programme consists of industrial placements for students in engineering or other scientific…
Can the EU chart a sustainable transition to greater protein self-sufficiency?
Incentivising environmentally sustainable protein production and transitioning towards healthier diets can help improve EU protein self-sufficiency, reduce agricultural greenhouse gas…
The #PlantHealth4Life campaign is back, bigger and better! Europe unites to support plant health, biodiversity, and the economy
A broad coalition of partners from across Europe have joined forces to launch today the second year of the #PlantHealth4Life…
Avian flu: cases on the decline in Europe, surveillance recommended in view of upcoming season
Europe has recorded the lowest number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases in poultry and wild birds since 2019/2020…
Nanotechnology – promoting uses of new assessment methods
A new report by EFSA’s partners in the NAMs4NANO project proposes a system for promoting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to assess…
EFSA identifies 12 bark and ambrosia beetle species posing high risk to EU plant health
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in collaboration with the University of Padua (Italy), has identified 12 species of bark…
Save the date! XXIX Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society
09 – 11 September 2024 Conference hall of the Sociology and Social Research Department – University of Trento, Via Giuseppe…
Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks
Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and climate risks are threatening its energy and food security, ecosystems,…
Who is Fastidious X, the fearsome killer?
Don’t miss our new comic strip “Fastidious X, the fearsome killer” and join us as we unmask the culprit Xylella fastidiosa,…
Inorganic arsenic in food – health concerns confirmed
Consumer exposure to inorganic arsenic in food raises a health concern according to the conclusions of EFSA’s latest risk assessment of this contaminant.…