On Wednesday 21 January 2026, local non-profit organisation Mouvement Ecologique issued a detailed critique of the Luxembourg Ministry of Agriculture, Climate and Biodiversity’s PAN-Bio 2030 action plan.
In its critique, the organisation said the action plan is insufficient to meet the country’s ecological and socio-economic needs and argued that the long-awaited strategy for organic farming falls short of necessary political direction, particularly given Luxembourg’s modest progress in expanding organic agricultural land, adding that the plan was produced without meaningful involvement of sector stakeholders.
The organisation noted that Luxembourg currently has around 12% of its agricultural land under organic cultivation, significantly below the 20% target of the previous plan that expired at the end of 2025. The Mouvement Ecologique labelled the new annual growth target of 1% as “not ambitious enough,” and asserted that such a low figure weakens political commitment and slows structural reform.
Mouvement Ecologique also questioned the clarity of responsibilities within the plan and emphasised that for each measure to be effective, a lead authority with decision-making and budget responsibility must be designated and supported by collaborations with non-state actors. They also highlighted the absence of a thorough evaluation of the preceding PAN-Bio 2025 action plan, which they stated was neither systematically analysed or publicly reviewed - an omission the Mouvement Ecologique said undermined the credibility of future targets and implementation mechanisms.
Another major point of concern was the lack of alignment between the bio-action plan and other national strategies, such as the National Biodiversity Plan, water resource management policies, the national food plan and the climate and energy plan.
The organisation also stressed missed opportunities in integrating young farmers and farm succession into the strategy. With official EU data indicating that younger farmers are more likely to practise organic methods than older cohorts, the group called for stronger incentives and training to accelerate the generational shift towards ecological agriculture.
In conclusion, the Mouvement Ecologique urged the Luxembourg government to revise the PAN-Bio 2030 action plan, strengthen its targets and ensure constructive engagement with all stakeholders to make organic farming a central pillar of the country’s agricultural and environmental policy.
Mouvement Ecologique said: “[We] expect the government and the relevant ministries, in the coming years, to make a far clearer commitment to the need for a greater expansion of organic farming and to once again stand behind the PAN-Bio 2025 goal of achieving 100% organic farming in Luxembourg by 2050.”
It added: “There is an urgent need for action. The systematic expansion of organic farming must not continue to be treated as an afterthought.”
