Since March 2022, Pedro has been involved with the European Evaluation Helpdesk as a geographic expert for Portugal. He is an agronomy engineer specialising in economic and agricultural policy and acts as an advisor for AGRO.GES, one of Portugal’s leading agricultural consultancies.

Through the network, Pedro has made valuable connections with evaluators from across the EU and has since worked with them to benefit Portugal’s agricultural and rural development. Watch the video to learn more.

Donal Sheehan is an Irish dairy farmer who has first-hand knowledge of innovation and knowledge exchange within the EU CAP Network. He is involved with the EIP-AGRI operational group Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment (BRIDE) and the Farming with Nature project.

Donal says his involvement is centered on producing food and delivering environmental benefits. His hope is that farmers can be at the forefront of economic, agricultural and sustainability policymaking. Watch the video and discover his story.

Gabriela is the former Head of the Networking and Publicity Unit at Greece’s Managing Authority for the country’s CAP Strategic Plan. She expects the network to facilitate cooperation between farmers and other stakeholders.

Gabriela says that the seminars, workshops and meetings between network’s stakeholders helped her improve her work and her role in Greece’s participation in developing the Long-term Vision for Rural Areas. Hear more of Gabriela’s story by watching this video.

Short food supply chains are chains where the consumer knows who has produced the food he or she is buying. The importance of these supply chains is the focus of the first episode of the Bloomcast series.

Join the EU CAP Network's host, Julian Hale, in a round of interviews with Fabian Santini, Deputy Head of Unit in DG AGRI, and Mareike Schalk, co-founder of HofladenBOX, to learn more about this topic.

In the second episode of the Bloomcast, we discuss about soil health with Gaëlle Marion, Head of Unit in DG AGRI, and Katrin Noorkõiv, owner of Lihuniku Äri and EIP-AGRI Permanent Grassland Focus Group Expert.

Watch it to discover some of the main benefits of healthy soils, which are at the basis of better and more diverse food, increased carbon storage and the protection of biodiversity.

The third episode of the Bloomcast focuses on CAP monitoring and evaluation. Join the EU CAP Network's host, Julian Hale, in a round of interviews with three of our stakeholders.

We will be discussing with Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture, Stephanie Vella from the EU CAP Networks Evaluation Helpdesk, and Sophie Helaine, head of unit for policy performance in DG AGRI, to learn more about this topic.