
Lighter Shade of Green – CAP Fails in Germany & Beyond
âEcological focus areas should be established, in particular, in order to safeguard and improve biodiversity on farmsâ. So say the official EU documents. And yet for these EFAs, Member States are choosing âproductive optionsâ – in particular catch crops and nitrogen fixing crops – over biodiversity. Using newly released data, Sebastian Lakner shows us just how ineffective and poorly targeted EFAs are, in Germany and beyond. […]