Olga Kikou is the European Affairs Manager for Compassion in World Farming, an international organization working on farm animal welfare and sustainable food & farming policies. She is currently involved in lobbying the EU institutions, promoting campaigns at EU level, engaging with civil society organizations and other stakeholders to develop joint policy strategies to bring an end to factory farming.
By embracing the productivist paradigm of producing more food to feed a rapidly growing population, Copa Cogeca’s vision for the future CAP ensures that crises in EU’s agriculture sector will persist in the future, argues Olga Kikou. […]
Livestock plays a central role in the CAP, but there are numerous areas of concern. While the public are interested in better animal welfare standards, policies lead to overproduction of grain and an abundance of cheap livestock products with all the sustainability issues this carries. […]
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