Cross-cutting Impacts
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Cross-cutting Impacts

Impacts relating to the CAP objective of modernising agriculture and rural areas by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas.

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Person using a laptop to browse EU CAP Network videos on YouTube.
23 Jul 2026

EIP-AGRI Challenge videos: discover how challenges in the field are tackled

Six videos showcasing innovative farms and projects from across Europe.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Graphic with light bulb icons and the text ‘Have your say’ on a blackboard background
13 May 2026

Participate in the survey on simplified cost options!

Programme administrators are invited to answer a survey as part of a study on simplified cost options under the CAP. You can participate until 25 May!

  • Evaluation
Autumn alpine rural landscape near Brasov, Magura, Transylvania, Romania
21 Aug 2025

Good Practice Workshop on ‘Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts’

Register to join us in Bucharest, Romania, on 16–17 October 2025 for the 11th CAP Good Practice Workshop.

  • Evaluation

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Latest publications

Evaluation of Measure 16 (cooperation) in the 2014-2022 RDP of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Member State Evaluation |

Evaluation of Measure 16 (cooperation) in the 2014-2022 RDP of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

This evaluation assesses innovation through cooperation under Measure 16 of the Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme. It examines implementation progress, barriers to uptake and how supported projects contribute to innovation, knowledge transfer and rural development.

  • Evaluation
Use of evaluations for improving policy and for ex ante assessments to prepare the next CAP
Event Reports |

Use of evaluations for improving policy and for ex ante assessments to prepare the next CAP

The workshop highlighted how embedding evaluations in governance and preparing timely follow-ups are essential for translating evidence into policy improvements, for today's and the future CAP.

  • Evaluation
Thematic evaluation on the impact of innovative investments in Campania, Italy, 2014-2020 RDP
Member State Evaluation |

Thematic evaluation on the impact of innovative investments in Campania, Italy, 2014-2020 RDP

This evaluation analyses the effects of innovative investments under the Campania (Italy) 2014-2020 Rural Development Plan (RDP) and identifies new needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic across the main agricultural supply chains.

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

Leiria, Portugal. Fallen trees next to a road after the passage of Storm Kristin
Project | 22 Sep 2026

Restoring farms and protecting food systems in Portugal

  • CAP Implementation
Wheat field in summer
Young people training in a lab on food production
Project | 22 Sep 2026

Generational renewal for stronger food systems in Poland

  • CAP Implementation