CAP Reform Proposals – A Commission Without Ambition
The European Commission has released its budgetary proposals for the CAP post-2020. Commissioner Hogan held a press conference to present his vision for the future CAP. Here’s a first look. […]
The European Commission has released its budgetary proposals for the CAP post-2020. Commissioner Hogan held a press conference to present his vision for the future CAP. Here’s a first look. […]
ARC2020 exclusive: Olivier De Schutter of IPES Food suggests “A ‘Common Food Policy’ for the EU offers a Plan B – a way to circumvent the limitations of the CAP debate and keep sight of the bigger picture: an urgently needed transition to sustainable food and farming policies.” […]
There is, it seems, a lot of eco-spin and not a lot of public goods substance in the MFF CAP proposals. Perspectives from IEEP, Annika Hedberg of EPC, Alan Matthews, EEB, Greenpeace EU, WWF EU, Birdlife Europe, AG MEPs and Bruegel are presented in this article.
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So how fairly will the cash be distributed, if the Commission’s proposals on the MFF come to fruition? And what’s happening to agri-environmental measures? And the eviscerated Pillar 2? An initial analysis. […]
MFF | CAP may loose cash in the EU’s 2021-2027 plans for financial restructuring. And everybody is annoyed it seems, though for different reasons. Report and reactions from Copa, Farm Europe, Greenpeace, Birdlife, WWF. […]
IFOAM EU and FiBL claim that their CAP plan is “a more effective and cost-efficient” as it will integrate “sustainability assessment in the design, targeting and monitoring of policies and in payment allocation.” And this more targeted, clear, performance-orientated CAP will be accepted by “both farmers and citizens.” […]
Capping CAP payments at E60,000, a specific compulsory payment to small farmers, adjustment of basic income to basic income support “for sustainability”, changes in young farmer supports, and a move from rural development over to risk management via insurance are just some of the proposals in freshly leaked CAP proposals. Read on for document to download and ARC analysis. […]
Last week the European Parliament called for an EU protein strategy to reduce dependency on protein imports. What would such a strategy look like? What are the implications? Alan Matthews tweeted about it. Lots of people joined in. Oh – and what’s a boondoggle? […]
Should the EU use Tax and Policy Supports to Encourage Healthy Diets? How have sugar and fat taxes – and subsidies for fruit in schools – worked? And how integrated and health, sustainability and agri-food policies? Joost de Jong explores in the second of two parts. […]
Joost de Jong of the Dutch Transition Coalition of Food Systems argues that European food and farming policy need to be more closely integrated. Part 1. […]
Kieran Sullivan is a part-time sheep farmer in south-east Ireland. How does CAP relate to his way of farming and his plans? Pillar 1 Pillar 2, bureaucracy and vested interests all play a part in his story. […]
A number of NGOs, farmer and consumer organisations have issued a joint statement in French and German, calling for a fundamental CAP reform. Read our exclusive translation. […]
ARC2020 has teamed up with Meine Landwirtschaft, Friends of the Earth Europe, Heinrich Boell Foundation, European Coordination Via Campesina, Bread for the World and Pour une autre PAC, to host European Days For Action across the continent. It’s time to get organising – join us this October to raise the alarm! […]
The Greens EFA group in the European Parliament launched their policy paper n CAP at an event on the 12th April. Land use, crop rotations and fair incomes were the main focus areas of the day long. Harriet Clayton has more. […]
Jordan Treakle tells us about the 2nd UN FAO Agroecology Symposium, held in Rome April 3rd-5th. What vision for agroecology was presented? And how does this relate to policy matters, and realities on the ground? […]
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