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Food and drink producers may ask for their product's name to be protected under the EU system of quality schemes for geographical indications (GI)/traditional specialities guaranteed...

For decades, digital innovations have been embedded in a productivist paradigm, which sees agriculture primarily as farming and producing goods, like food and fiber. Within this paradigm, digitalisation...

Research in the area of agro-economic modelling has been one of the key contributions of the JRC to the development of better agri-food policies in the EU. This article provides an overview of the development of the JRC’s...

The Institute for European Environmental Policy is a sustainability think tank. Working with stakeholders across EU institutions, international bodies, academia, civil society and industry, our team...

The EU's support schemes for agriculture in its outermost regions (POSEI) and smaller Aegean islands (SAI) are important initiatives aimed at strengthening agricultural sustainability and economic...

Agriculture ministers took stock of the measures taken and the initiatives presented so far as part of the EU’s response to farmers’ concerns. They highlighted the recent vote in the European...

The reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of 2023-2027 aims to promote a more sustainable and fair agricultural system in the European Union. Among the proposed measures, the incentivised adoption...

Soil erosion is a serious threat to soil functions leading to land productivity decline and multiple off-site effects. Here we show, using a multi-model approach, the spatial...

The European Commission presented the preliminary results of its simplification survey for farmers. Available online in all languages from 7 March to 8 April, the survey received close...

A newly published edition of the EU CAP Networks’ informative short-read Policy Insights publication series clarifies that a majority of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget has...