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Press release — Prague, April 9 2009, PR CZ PRES - On 6 - 8 April Prague hosted experts from the OECD Member States at a conference dedicated to “Challenges for Agriculture”.

Press release — Prague, April 6 2009, PR CZ PRES - The European Union has taken the lead in the effort to maintain sustainable fisheries of bluefin tuna in the east Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Press release — Prague, April 2 2009, PR CZ PRES - The aim of the conference of the European Commission and the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on 3 April is to make African agricultural and food production more competitive in international trade and to promote African goods on EU markets.

Press release — Prague, April 1 2009, PN CZ PRES - In the midst of an economic crisis, it is more than ever important to seek ways to guarantee sufficient food supplies for the future while protecting the environment and the resources.

Press release — Prague, March 27 2009, PR CZ PRES - The objective of the upcoming session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures, which will be held at the end of March/beginning of April in Rome, is to push through more efficient international rules for plant trade.

Press release — Prague, March 26 2009, PR CZ PRES - The Presidency will begin discussing a new long-term plan for the protection of Northern hake stock and for the regulation of the fisheries exploiting this stock in April, on the basis of a March proposal for a Regulation submitted by the Commission.

Press release — Prague, March 24 2009, PR CZ PRES - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has new strategy for forests and forestry.

Press release — Brusel, March 23 2009, PR CZ PRES - The impacts of the economic crisis on agriculture, evaluation of the efficiency of measures adopted so far and new proposals to help European farmers through a difficult spell were discussed by the EU Agriculture Ministers lead by Petr Gandalovic.

Press release — Prague, March 23 2009, PR CZ PRES - The Council conclusions on the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare, which the Czech Presidency prepared in cooperation with the European Commission, was adopted today in Brussels by the Ministers of Agriculture.

Press release — Prague, March 23 2009, PR CZ PRES - The long-term decline in the milk market has been accompanied by an intensive search for instruments that would help EU farmers overcome this difficult period. The latest step is to increase butter intervention purchases – but these instruments have already reached the ceiling.