Sustainability
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Sustainability

The Common Agricultural Policy combines social, economic and environmental approaches to help achieve sustainable farming and forestry systems and vibrant rural areas in the EU.

Latest news

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16 Apr 2025

Insights from our current Thematic Groups

Narratives on farmers' wider contribution to society and means to simplify the implementation of the CAP are on the agenda of the current EU CAP Network’s Thematic Groups.

  • CAP Implementation
Group of people in a field
07 Feb 2025

EU CAP Network Cross-visits 2025 - call for participating EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Three EU CAP Network Cross-visits, each lasting 1.5 days, will take place in the week of 5 May 2025.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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20 Jan 2025

Much to digest from the 4th agri-food Forum

Many EU CAP Network activities are bringing agri-food chain stakeholders together, creating opportunities for dialogue and better use of CAP tools to improve the way we produce and consume food.

  • CAP Implementation

Upcoming events

Focus group

Focus Group 'Production of protein crops under climate change' - 2nd meeting

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Conference

Agrifood Policy Conference

  • CAP Implementation
Calendar
Governance meeting

Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) - 9th meeting

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar

Latest publications

Magazine - Digital tools and technologies for future-proof EU farming, forestry and rural areas
Magazines |

Agrinnovation Magazine - Issue 11

The eleventh edition of the EU CAP Network’s annual Agrinnovation magazine highlights how robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are transforming European agriculture, forestry and rural areas with new solutions.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Highlights report - Valuing Farmers’ Wider Contributions to Society
Event Reports |

Highlights report - 1st meeting of the Thematic Group on Valuing Farmers’ Wider Contributions to Society

Participants reflected on existing narratives surrounding farming and explored ways to raise awareness and improve recognition of farmers’ multiple roles in society.

  • CAP Implementation
CAP Evaluation News - April 2025
Newsletters |

CAP Evaluation News - April 2025

Assessing results-based interventions: lessons learned and challenges ahead

  • Evaluation

Latest projects

EIP-AGRI Operational Group

MALLATA GRATAL: Smart organic production, integrated processing and KM0 marketing

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
EIP-AGRI Operational Group

AROMATIC - “Valorization of essential oils and hydrolates from aromatic plants with low yield”

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Project partners in field with cows
Inspirational Idea | 02 May 2025

Opportunities for farmers to participate in new Horizon Europe projects

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Project meeting mainstreambio
Inspirational Idea | 02 May 2025

Bridging local solutions and market potential in the forestry bioeconomy

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI