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Reactions to EU Commission’s proposals

The release of the legislative proposals for CAP reform from the EU Commission on October 12th 2011 sparked reactions from a wide range of organisations. Read some below: ARC: Citizens speak out! The status quo is not an option ARC official reaction (published April 2012) APRODEV: Commentary on the Legislative Proposal on CAP Reform – December 2011 BirdLife International: CAP disappoints on green hopes CEJA The European Council of Young Farmers: CEJA weclcomes measures for young farmers in the proposed CAP but calls for improvement and endorsement CONCORD: The CAP proposals fail on development obligations Copa-Cogeca in English, French, German and Spanish EEB: EU risks failing to keep promise of green CAP reform European Coordination Via Campesina in English, French and Spanish European Coordination Via Campesina – Position regarding the legislative proposals of the Commission European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism: EFNCP comments on EC’s proposed CAP regulations European Landowners Organisation: ELO evaluation of the legislative proposals for CAP reform – Direct Payments, January 2012 European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium (EPHAC): CAP towards 2020 […]

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Reactions to Trilogue Conclusions 26 June 2013

INSTITUTIONS: Council Presidency (Coveney) – Press Release on the Results of Ag Ministers Meeting 26/06/2013 Irish Presidency – Historic day for the Common Agricultural Policy EU Parliament: – EU farm policy after 2014: MEPs, Council and Commission strike a political deal European Parliament, Commission & Council – Video of Press Conference (Original with subtitles) EU Commission – Political agreement on new direction for common agricultural policy EU Commission – CAP Reform: an explanation of the main elements NGOS: ARC2020 – CAP deal weak but options worth fighting Friends of the Earth – CAP reform: failure for environment and small farmers IFOAM EU – CAP deal lacks strong and credible steps towards sustainability Slow Food – CAP Not Good Enough EEB – Green CAP Reform in Tatters WWF – Environment in danger because of EU agriculture deal OTHERS: CAP2020 – Political Agreement on the CAP – is this really a paradigm shift for the environment? Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) – Environment undermined in CAP deal COPA COGECA – Uncertainty ends but  devil in the […]

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–Tools for understanding the issues

 INTERACTIVE MATERIAL Milch Macht Mensch – European Milk Board Meine Wahl – Meine Landwirtschaft  CAP IT! (game) – Groupe de Bruges E-Learning Course on the Common Agricultural Policy – Groupe de Bruges   WRITTEN GUIDES Guide to the Common Agricultural Policy – Group PAC 2013 References for the Fact sheets on the CAP – European Environmental Bureau (EEB) Steckbrief: Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik der EU ab 2014 (in German) – DNR, EU-Koordination     VIDEOS and FILMS Pig Business Raising Resistance Seeds of Freedom Why we need a green reform of the CAP now – European Environmental Bureau (EEB) STOLEN LAND STOLEN FUTURE – Inspired by an APRODEV report on landgrabbing in Cambodia The missing option…Food Sovereignty – Food Sov CAP Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? – Food MythBusters          

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–Research community publications

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2012 OECD Countries – September 2012 Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) CAP reform options: A challenge for analysis and synthesis Jambor and Harvey – March 2010 Conflicting demands of land use, soil biodiversity and the sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services in Europe Soil Service – April 2012 Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States Sarah A. Low and Stephen Vogel, United States Department of Agriculture – November 2011 EU agricultural policy: Responding to the crisis? Stefan Tangermann – 10 November 2011 Future CAP financing for 2014–2020: Implications for the ACP Agritrade – December 2011 Global Food Policy Report 2011 International Food Policy Research Institute – April 2012 Globalising Hunger: Food Security and the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Thomas Fritz, The Transnational Institute – December 2011 Organic farming is superior to conventional agriculture according to 30-year comparative study September 2011 Moving away from business as usual in agriculture Institut […]

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European Union publications

European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development   Legal proposals for the CAP after 2013 Commission Communication on the CAP towards 2020   Information below courtesy of the European Commission’s website: >> Read the Commission Communication >> Read the citizens’ summary >> Read the press release >> Read the background memo >> Watch the slide show[858 KB] European Commission, DG for Agriculture and Rural Development : “An analysis of the EU organic sector” “Your ideas matter” – reform consultation by the European Commission European Parliament : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Draft report (+amendments) – The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future (the so-called Deß report) European Parliament resolution of 8 July 2010 on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 (2009/2236(INI)) European Parliament : motion for resolution on agriculture in areas with natural handicaps Report commissioned by the European Parliament on the SPS scheme after 2013 Committee of the Regions DRAFT OPINION The CAP towards 2020: Meeting the food, natural resources and […]

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–Civil society publications

ON THE CAP APRODEV – CAP Statement (February 2013) APRODEV – Crop Rotation in the CAP reform: Relevance of WTO constraints, benefits and control (February 2013) APRODEV, Friends of the Earth Europe, IFOAM EU Group and Pesticide Action Group – Crop Rotation: Benefitting farmers, the environment and the economy (July 2012) Arbeitsgruppe Landwirtschaft und Ernährung im Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung: Vorschläge zur Reform der EU-Agrarpolitik müssen die Probleme aus der industriellen Tierhaltung angehen (June 2012) EU agricultural policy reform proposals must address the problems arising from industrial livestock production EU BirdLife partners – A Strong Rural Development Policy: The key to unlocking the CAP’s green potential (June 2012) BirdLife / EEB / EFNCP / IFOAM / WWF – Proposal for a new EU Common Agricultural Policy BirdLife / EEB / EFNCP / IFOAM / WWF – Common briefing following discussions in the Council on Greening of the CAP  (June 2012) CONCORD – The Future of the European Common Agricultural Policy and Development The Council for British Archaeology – Crunch Time for CAP ELARD – Position on […]