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Regional, sustainable and GMO-free soya contributes to all UN development goals and Agenda 2030
Donau Soja helped to produce 4 million tonnes of soya in Europe Vienna/Berlin/Bern. The numerous activities and the standards of the organisation Donau Soja contribute to all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is shown in a new report...
Record high for soybean output in Europe: 11.5 million tonnes
Donau Soja expects all-time high of EU soya harvest in 2023 Vienna. Europe is expecting a record year for soybean output, the organisation Donau Soja announced one month before this year's harvest begins. The European harvest is expected to reach a total of 11.5...
Vienna is Soya Capital of the World this week
Today marks commencement of Europe’s first Soya World Conference The 11th World Soybean Research Conference (WSRC11) commenced today, for the first time taking place in Europe. 150 years after the first globally significant presentation of soybeans at the 1873 Vienna...
Soya – Problem or Solution? 150 Years of the World Expo in Vienna – 150 Years of Soya in Europe
Press accreditations for the World Soybean Research Conference, Press Conference and “Night of European Soy” Vienna. Can the soybean contribute to solving the climate crisis and what do scientists and companies say about it? From Sunday, 18 to Friday, 23 June,...
Certified, sustainable, non-GMO soybean meal from Ukrainian crusher has 80% less carbon emissions than European average
Vienna/Kiyv. According to a new study, by using only certified, sustainable and non-GM soybeans, the soymeal produced at the AdamPolSoya (ATK Group) crusher in Ukraine has 80% less CO2 emissions, compared to average soybean meal available on the European market. The...
EU Deforestation Regulation: A step forward but with deficits
Positive effect on climate will start only from the year 2020 Vienna/Berlin/Bern. - Donau Soja welcomes the decision of the EU Parliament to adopt the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) yesterday. The new legislation obliges companies to prove from the end of 2024...
Donau Soja calls for certified sustainable soya imports to be allowed to flow freely into the EU
Vienna/Kiyv, 19 April 2023. In light of the ongoing farmers’ protests in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria against imports of agricultural goods from Ukraine, Donau Soja – which works with farmers and producers in both Ukraine and its neighbouring EU and non-EU countries – has called on the EU and national authorities in its Member States to ensure the free flow of sustainable, certified soya and other agricultural products from Ukraine into the EU.
International Non-GMO Summit 2023 on May 9-10th in Frankfurt Germany
High-level Representatives of the full Non-GMO Value Chain to Meet at Unprecedented Global Conference Vienna/Berlin/Bern – This May (9-10th) will see the first ever International Non-GMO Summit taking place in Frankfurt, Germany. The Summit will be an unprecedented...
World Soybean Research Conference for the first time in Europe in June
All around soya: Science meets business in Vienna Vienna. For one week from 18 to 23 June, Vienna will be the centre of science, economy and politics around global soya-related issues. Hundreds of scientists, feed and food producers, processors and soya experts from...
World Pulses Day on 10 February: Donau Soja demands a European Protein Transition
Legume Hub: European knowledge platform on legumes not only for farmers Vienna/Berlin/Bern – For the coming World Pulses Day on Friday, 10 February, the organisation Donau Soja reminds of the urgently needed Protein Transition in Europe. Currently, pulses such as...