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Understanding farmer income
Farmer income is a key element in EU agricultural policy, aiming at ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community and helping farmers face the risks inherent to their business. Measurement relies on two EU wide data sources. Understanding what agricultural receipts these data measure, and how, is key to evaluating farm policy in EU Member States and important in light of the proposed performance based policy framework.
Farming without plant protection products
Plant Protection Products (PPPs) are often perceived by consumers as very harmful for human health and for the environment. The tendency in the EU policy is to stimulate the reduction of PPPs. Can we maintain high yield with less PPPs? This paper presents the current state of the art regarding the role of PPPs in securing global food production, preserving biodiversity and supporting farmer’s income. The role of various stakeholders on the current perception of risk by the general public is given ...
Common agricultural policy
After World War II, Europe was in pieces, devastated and facing a shortage of food. The main objective of the European Coal and Steel Community, a new institution set up in 1952, was therefore to work to unite a fragmented Europe. Lack of food was one of earliest challenges; action at European level was necessary in order to make Europe self-sufficient in food and to secure an adequate food supply and the free flow of food and agricultural products within Europe. The common agricultural policy (CAP ...
Recherche pour la Commission AGRI - Le secteur de l’élevage bovin dans l’Union européenne : défis et perspectives - lait et viande
Le secteur de l’élevage bovin revêt une grande importance économique pour le secteur agricole européen, où la productivité est très hétérogène. Dans un proche avenir, il faudra s’attendre à une offre de lait et de viande bovine encore plus importante. Pour éviter une chute des prix à la ferme, il est nécessaire de favoriser une plus grande différenciation des produits à l’échelle de l’Union, un accroissement des possibilities d’exportation ainsi qu’une indemnisation au titre de services environnementaux ...
Research for AGRI Committee - Policy support for productivity vs. sustainability in EU agriculture: Towards viable farming and green growth
This study presents the main trends in total factor and resource productivity in recent decades. The main pathways for sustainable intensification are explored through case studies and policy analysis. The paper presents a normative analysis of policy tools able to reconcile productivity and sustainability requirements and also provides policy recommendations to promote a resource-efficient, productive, climate-friendly and resilient EU agricultural sector.
Common Agricultural Policy – Pillar I
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) concerns the pooling of European Union resources spent on agriculture and aimed at protecting the viable production of food, the sustainable management of natural resources and to support rural vitality. It consists of two pillars, the first includes direct payments (i.e. annual payments to farmers to help stabilise farm revenues in the face of volatile market prices and weather conditions) and market measures (to tackle specific market situations and to support ...
L'innovation dans l'agriculture de l'Union européenne
La commission de l'agriculture et du développement rural du Parlement européen a adopté un rapport d'initiative visant à encourager la Commission à soutenir l'innovation agricole, indispensable pour renforcer tant la productivité que la durabilité du secteur.
Solutions technologiques pour une agriculture durable
Un rapport d’initiative sur les solutions technologiques pour l’agriculture durable devrait être examiné et mis aux voix lors de la première période de session de juin. Dans le contexte du changement climatique, de la hausse de la demande alimentaire résultant de l’augmentation de la population mondiale et des menaces pesant sur l’environnement, le rapport souligne que l’innovation dans les technologies agricoles est essentiel pour relever certains des plus grands défis rencontrés par l’agriculture ...
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa (NAFSN) launched in May 2012 under the auspices of the G8 aims to create the conditions that will allow the African countries concerned to improve agricultural productivity and develop their agrifood sector by attracting more private investment in agriculture. The participating countries (Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania) adopted 'country cooperation frameworks' (CCFs) ...
EU-Ukraine Relations in the Field of Agriculture and Food Industry
This document analyses EU-Ukraine relations in the agri-food sector. After a presentation of Ukraine’s agri-food sector and trade flows of agri-food products, the analysis focuses on EU support to Ukrainian agriculture and on the latest developments in Ukraine’s agri-food law.