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CAP Strategic Plans

EU countries use a CAP Strategic Plan at national level to implement coordinated CAP interventions that address specific socio-economic and environmental needs.

Latest news

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19 Jun 2025

LEADER for community resilience and security

Speaking with LEADER stakeholders in five countries bordering the Russian Federation, we learnt about LEADER ambitions, its current implementation and its role for community resilience and security.

  • CAP Implementation
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18 Jun 2025

Estimating the climate change mitigation potential of the EU’s CAP Strategic Plans

The study, coordinated by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, provides a meaningful first step in evaluating how the agricultural sector can support the EU’s climate ambitions.

  • Evaluation
Group Picture of the 5th NN Meeting
15 May 2025

National Support Units – structures and organisation

Understanding different structures and the functioning of the Network Support Units helps to better understand the CAP implementation across the EU – and supports networking.

  • CAP Implementation

Upcoming events

National Networks meeting

EU CAP Network event - 6th National Networks Meeting

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
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Latest publications

Press Article- From farmer to farmer: the Polish Network of Demonstration Farms
Press Articles |

From farmer to farmer: the Polish Network of Demonstration Farms

Fostering knowledge exchange, peer learning, innovation uptake and sustainable practices through on-farm demonstrations.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Policy Insights |

Making the Farm Sustainability Data Network an EU success story

Equipping farmers with detailed insights into their production practices, the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) has immense potential to improve the understanding and implementation of the CAP.

  • CAP Implementation
Highlights report - Effective Approaches for Simplification within the CAP
Event Reports |

1st meeting of the Thematic Group on Effective Approaches for Simplification within the CAP

The event allowed Thematic Group members an opportunity to exchange on elements of CAP implementation causing complexity and administrative burdens, and ways to address issues through simplification.

  • CAP Implementation

Latest good practice

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Another automated weeding machine prototype in a flat Dutch farm field
Project | 11 Apr 2025

New Dutch agri-technology for automated weeding

  • CAP Implementation
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