Innovation conference: one toolbox, one market - access to innovation for EU farmers

Europe’s farmers face a paradox: they are expected to produce more sustainably with fewer tools at hand. Climate change,
fragmented policies, and growing global competition make innovation not just desirable but essential. On 13 October 2025,
the European Landowners’ Organization and CropLife Europe, with the support of the European People’s Party (EPP), gathered
policymakers, scientists, farmers, and industry leaders at the European Parliament to explore how biocontrol and new genomic
techniques (NGTs) can build a more sustainable, resilient, and competitive European agriculture. And what are the hurdles still
preventing them from getting into the farmers’ toolbox.

Read full article from the September/October edition of the CountrySide Magazine, by Laura Ticoiu and Kyia Kanani.