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The tables below show basic statistical data in several areas relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), namely: the agriculture and food industries in the Member States (Table II), the integration of environmental concerns into the CAP (Table III), the forestry sector (Table IV), CAP financing and expenditure (Tables I and V) and trade in agricultural and food products (Table VI).

This document was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. It contains two notes, drawn up within the framework of the Workshop on 'Measures at farm level to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from EU agriculture', which was held on 21 January 2014, during a COMAGRI meeting in Brussels. Note 1: Agriculture plays a key role in mitigating climate change. Mitigation measures at farm level have been shown to be effective, and the new CAP reform should help ...

How should Europe respond to the increased demands on our food and agriculture systems arising from global population growth, changing diets, and competing demands on agricultural land? This report offers a view on how the EU could play a role in meeting these challenges in the coming decades and sets out some of the options which merit particular attention. It focuses on options for increasing agricultural productivity whilst adapting to the effects of climate change and reducing emissions from ...