Animals have fundamentally contributed to the development and growth of different cinematographic and audiovisual activities. As established in article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the basic text that establishes the objectives of the EU and from which the...

The European Union Reference Laboratory for pesticide residues in cereals and feeding stuff (EURL-CF) has, for 16 consecutive years since 2007, organized European Union Proficiency Tests (EUPTs) for analysis of multiple pesticide residues in various cereals and feedstuff commodities. The EUPTs are...

The carcasses produced in Greece from Greek Buffalo, indigenous and local crossbred cattle were evaluated using the European Union (EU) bovine classification system and compared with carcasses of continental breeds reared in the country. The main carcass production (67.8%) came from animals born in ...

The research study addresses the problem of implementing progress in agricultural production. This problem was developed on the basis of equipping farms with automatic milking systems (AMS). Different forms of progress can be identified on a dairy farm, including technical progress represented by...

The cattle breeding, in Romania is a traditional activity in the rural area and especially in the mountain one. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in cattle specialised in meat production (mainly, Aberdeen Angus, Charolaise, Limousine). This is due to the fact that it requires a...

In order to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, the European Union (EU) promotes extensive farming. However, identifying such farms across countries and assessing their performance for policy purposes remains challenging. This paper combines a latent class stochastic frontier model (LCSFM) ...

Food systems are the largest users of land and water resources worldwide. Using a multi-model approach to track food through the global trade network, we calculated the land footprint (LF) and water footprint (WF) of food consumption in the European Union (EU). We estimated the EU LF as 140-222 Mha ...

Poland's and the EU's food security is based on a field-to-table strategy and biodiversity. One of the most important problems currently facing the European Union is the availability of protein. As a result, Member States, are taking a wide variety of measures to change this unfavorable trend....

Aujeszky's disease is a viral disease of animals, primarily pigs, which are considered to be the natural hosts. It is endemic in many parts of the world, but there are areas and countries that have successfully eradicated this disease. Due to mandatory control measures and trade barriers,...

Zeranol (α-zearalanol, α-ZAL), is a resorcyclic acid lactone (RAL). Its administration to farm animals to improve meat production has been prohibited in the European Union due to the potential risk to human health. However, it has been demonstrated that α-ZAL may be present in livestock animals due ...