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The 'farm to fork' strategy is about building sustainable EU food systems, in line with the EU's Green Deal. Launched in May 2020, its elements are moving at different speeds, with much debate on its objectives and priorities. The EU institutions are helping to shape the various elements of the strategy. This is an update of an 'at a glance' note first published in October 2021.

This briefing provides a pre-legislative synthesis of the positions of national, regional and local governmental organisations on the European Commission's forthcoming proposal on sustainable food systems. It forms part of an EPRS series offering a summary of the pre-legislative state of play and advance consultation on a range of key European Commission priorities during its 5-year term in office. It seeks to present the current state of affairs, examine how existing policy is working on the ground ...

By 2050, an estimated two thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. Could vertical farming help feed this growing urban population sustainably by reducing the demand for agricultural land and shortening the travel distance between food production and consumption?

Τhis At a glance note summarises the study on Governance: the reform process of the CAP post-2020 seen from an inter-institutional angle that examines the inter-institutional dynamics of the post-2020 CAP reform (Council - European Parliament - Commission), provides an analysis of the dynamics and the outcome of the reform process seen from a governance angle and makes recommendations on the role of Parliament in future CAP reforms and mid-term reviews.

The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.

This briefing follows up on the commitments made by the commissioner in 2019.

Most of the world's farmers are engaged in small scale agriculture. The majority of them are in developing countries but there are many in developed countries as well. Small farms make up the vast majority of the EU's 10 million farms. What constitutes a small farm depends on the context. However, improving the conditions of small-scale food producers is a global objective. Recent studies have lowered past estimates of how much of the global food supply is produced by small farms. Notwithstanding ...

This At a glance note summarises the study presenting the concepts and methods of farm certification schemes and provides information on the main existing schemes in the EU and in third countries. It analyses how these schemes can help the EU reach its sustainability objectives in the farming sector and be instrumental in the implementation and monitoring of the related CAP instruments during the upcoming programming period.

Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Zusammenfassung der Studie über die vom AGRI-Ausschuss in Auftrag gegebene Studie über „Zertifizierungssysteme für nachhaltige Landwirtschaft: Aktueller Stand und Überblick der Konzepte und Methoden in der EU und in den wichtigsten produzierenden Ländern weltweit“. Die Studie ist in englischer Sprache unter folgendem Link abrufbar: http://bit.ly/3AYQkiz

Das Parlament wird seine Aufsichtsbefugnisse in der wiederaufgenommenen „Fragestunde“ während der Juli-Tagung nutzen, um die Kommission im Vorfeld der 15 Tagung der Konferenz der Vertragsparteien des Übereinkommens der Vereinten Nationen über die biologische Vielfalt (COP 15) zu den Zielen der EU zu befragen. Die Kommission hat am 22. Juni 2022 zwei zentrale Legislativvorschläge zur EU-Biodiversitätsstrategie für 2030 vorgelegt: ein EU-Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung der Natur und neue Vorschriften ...