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EP approves FPR: towards better use of secondary raw materials in agriculture
With a resounding 538 to 38 margin, Members of the European Parliament voted to approve the Compromise on the Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR) on Wednesday, 27 March 2019. This agreement More…
Good Resolutions for Healthier Soils
With only 12 years left to combat climate change before it impacts our Earth, ecosystems and way of life irreparably – according to the UN[1] – the new year seems More…
ECOFI elects new President Quentin Protsenko and Vice-President Chiara Manoli
The European Consortium of the Organic-Based Fertilizer Industry (ECOFI) elected a new President, Quentin Protsenko, on Friday 7 December at the 2018 General Assembly. Quentin Protsenko is the Regulatory Manager More…
ECOFI welcomes positive outcome of trilogue meeting on fertilising products regulation
ECOFI has welcomed the compromise reached at today’s trilogue meeting (20 November) on the fertilising products regulation, and now calls for swift adoption of the text to provide regulatory certainty More…
Organic fertilizers and industrial symbiosis
In nature, symbiosis refers to a close interrelation between two different organisms. An example of such is the mutually beneficial relationship between goby fish and shrimp. While the shrimp burrows More…
Organic fertilizers in EU regulation
The EU Fertilizer Regulation is currently undergoing its first revision since 2003. The new draft regulation proposed to replace it was the first dossier under the EU’s new Circular Economy package. The More…
Failure to adopt the draft fertilising products regulation would be an own goal: A World Food Day reminder on the importance of encouraging integrated plant nutrition and soil fertility
On World Food Day, the European Consortium of the Organic-Based Fertilizer Industry (ECOFI) urged EU negotiators to recall the primary objective of the draft fertilising products regulation: providing a Single More…
The C in ‘organic’ stands for “Carbon”
The origin of the word ‘organic’ comes from the Greek ‘Organikos’, relating to the organ of a body. This word was later generalized to mean characteristics pertaining to, or derived More…
Organic-based fertilizers: reducing waste to benefit society
Organic-based fertilizers are nothing new. In fact, these sustainable solutions to agricultural challenges have been around for centuries. Ever since farmers realised that the manure from their animals helped their More…