The ECOFI General Assembly brought ECOFI members together, both in-person and online in Brussels, for a hybrid General Assembly on 1 December. ECOFI members took stock of some of the More…
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SOFIE2 – 2nd Summit of the Organic and organo-mineral Fertilisers Industries in Europe – REGISTER NOW
Brussels & hybrid, 17-18 January 2023 The 1st SOFIE in 2019, brought together, for the first time ever, the European carbon-based fertiliser sector, and attracted over 125 participants, from industry (two More…
Yara joins ECOFI reflecting importance of organic-based fertilisers industry for the European Green Deal and sustainable food supplies
The European Organic-Based Fertiliser Industry is at a turning point in its long history. As the need for home-grown plant nutrition solutions rapidly grows in Europe just weeks before the More…
Solvent-treated oilcakes must be included in the EU Fertilising Products Regulation to achieve its policy goals – especially because they are already allowed for use in food, feed, and organic farming!
Oilcakes – the nitrogen-rich pressed plant materials left after oils are extracted – have long been valuable raw materials for producing animal feed and organic fertilisers. However, these oilcakes – More…
In a loss for the Circular Economy, Fertilising Products containing animal by-products are frustrated from entering the Single Market under the Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR)
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 (The Fertilising Products Regulation—FPR) foresees the use of animal by-products as components in EU Fertilising Products. However, before that can happen, relevant end points have to be More…
EBIC and ECOFI urge the inclusion of data on all fertilising products in the Regulation on Statistics on Agricultural Input and Output (SAIO) in line with Europe’s Green Deal targets
To fulfil the objectives of the European Green Deal; agricultural statistics must capture use data on the full range of fertilising products covered by the Fertilising Products Regulation [Regulation (EU) More…
Plant nutrition & soil fertility: Key to delivering Europe’s Green Deal objectives
DOWNLOAD THE JOIN ECOFI-EBIC-FERTILIZERS EUROPE BROCHURE! The different plant nutrition and soil fertility solutions grouped under the heading “fertilizing product” in Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 play different and complementary roles in More…
New ECOFI leadership ramps up ambitions for organic-based fertilisers, key to delivering on the European Green Deal
ECOFI members elected a new President at the General Assembly 2021 and decided on ambitious objectives and milestones for 2022 Chiara Manoli (ILSA) has been elected the new President of More…
Oilcakes missing from FPR
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Joint Statement by FERTILIZERS EUROPE, IVA, EBIC and ECOFI: Urgent need for conformity assessment bodies for fertilising products
The new Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 (FPR[1]) is set to apply from 16 July 2022 and requires third party certification for many products covered by this regulation. Accreditation of More…