News

20 Feb 2024

Income support funding for EU farmers - new Policy Insights

A new Policy Insights explains the package of income support options in CAP Strategic Plans covering direct payments and funds for farms located in areas with natural or other specific constraints.

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News Highlights

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07 Mar 2024

Competitive and resilient mountain areas

Find out information related to competitive and resilient mountain areas from the EU CAP Network.

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14 Feb 2024

Learning from evaluations on how to practically assess generational renewal under the CAP

Registration for the Good Practice Workshop in Zagreb on 14-15 March 2024 is open.

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20 Dec 2023

National Networks news

National Networks have been busy in their key support roles helping to inform the implementation of CAP Strategic Plans through capacity building and knowledge exchanges.

Latest news

28 Mar 2024

Inspirational ideas: biosensors in dairy farming

Dairy farms in Estonia and Finland have some fundamental differences. Since 2018, Operational Group (OG) MAVAS has been working in parallel with Finnish OG SMARTFEED. They are both looking into the use of biosensors in daily dairy farming.

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26 Mar 2024

Grains open call for social economy SMEs in the agri-food sector

The GRAINS Financial Facility Program will support greening projects by 60 social economy SMEs in the agrifood sector (in the EU and Ukraine). The call closes on 30 April 2024.

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25 Mar 2024

Thematic Group expertise informs CSP implementation

Thematic Groups at the EU CAP Network have been supporting CSP Monitoring Committees, eco-schemes and green architecture, as well as agricultural skills and mental health in farming communities.

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25 Mar 2024

Valuable knowhow appreciated about the durability of investments

Interesting enabling factors supporting the durability of benefits from CAP Strategic Plan funding are featured in a Highlights Report from the EU CAP Network expert workshop analysing investment durability.

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25 Mar 2024

#ARIAwards24: Empowering young people

This year’s Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA) is live and seeking inspiring CAP-funded projects supporting food security, environmental resilience and the socio-economic fabric of rural areas.

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25 Mar 2024

LEADER leads at 3rd National Networks meeting in Denmark

LEADER was a focus for the third National Networks (NN) meeting in Denmark recently with an agenda which also considered outcomes of the NNs’ thematic clusters a year on from their launch.

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