As «Alternatives to Pesticides Week» is in full swing, the European Economic and Social Committee will on March host a seminar and an exhibition on «integrated production», a farming scheme designed to produce safe and high quality food without using environmentally unfriendly and harmful chemicals. The EESC’s Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and the environment (NAT) will be hosting the seminar, which is co-organised with the Pesticides Action Network (PAN). Aimed primarily at discussing interplay between agricultural production and environmental protection, the seminar will host discussions of sustainability in farming, particularly in the context of a sweeping overhaul of the Common Agricultural Policy due to take place in the coming years. The event will begin with panellists including representatives of the European Commission, MEPs, EESC Members and various stakeholders from across the continent. Results of discussions will feed into the future EESC’s opinions on different facets of agriculture and related activities. Following the debate, an exhibition which ties in with the «Alternatives to Pesticides Week» will be opened by Dan Joergensen, vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment. The exhibition, put together by Pesticide Action Network (PAN), will comprise a number of posters on integrated production. The «Alternatives to Pesticides Week» was launched in 2006 by Pesticide Action Network, a Pan-European network of NGOs campaigning for pesticide reduction. It aims to raise awareness about alternative methods of farming.
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