Latest news
Let Gen Z lead generational renewal in agriculture
Young CAP stakeholders worked on practical recommendations to foster generational renewal in agriculture – key to more sustainable farming and resilient rural areas.
- CAP Implementation
Award winning rural cooperation projects from LEADER
This year's European LEADER Congress included an ELARD awards ceremony showcasing cooperation projects, which attracted a high-quality collection of LAG entries. Find out more about the winners here.
- CAP Implementation
LAGs learn from producer organisations' best practices
Local Action Group representatives attended the EU CAP Network’s 4th meeting of the Forum on Best Practices in the Agri-Food Supply Chain to network with stakeholders involved in local food systems.
- CAP Implementation
Upcoming events
Rural Pact Conference: From vision to action: Empowering rural areas for the future
- CAP Implementation
Latest publications
Highlights report - 2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Valuing Farmers’ Wider Contributions to Society
At the final meeting of the Thematic Group, members refined their reflections on ways to improve the public perception of farming and developed actionable proposals for promoting farming more effectively.
- CAP Implementation
Highlights report - 2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Economic Vulnerability of Farming
The second Thematic Group meeting enabled members to share approaches for addressing the economic vulnerability of farming and consider the pathways (including the role of the CAP) for addressing the issue.
- CAP Implementation
LEADER evaluation report: support for LAGs to monitor evaluation progress and self-assessment activities
This report is intended to assist LAGs in implementing the self-assessment methodology developed as part of LEADER's first evaluation activity, which is reflected in 'Part II' of the analysis.
- Evaluation
Latest projects
Control measures for the spruce bark beetle: development of a damage assessment tool (iTypograpphus) and a new pest control technique
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Development of a Decentralized IoT Sensor and Automated Control System for Farmers and Small Greenhouse Complexes (IRIS-II)
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Trials for the energy-efficient application of controlled-environment agriculture in the cultivation and selection of crops essential for food production [IKKE]
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Latest good practice
Establishing an innovative and professional cleaning company in rural Romania
- CAP Implementation
Boosting business competitiveness for healthy plant-based Italian food products
- CAP Implementation
Pioneering innovation in healthy Estonian oat milk drinks: Let’s YOOK it
- CAP Implementation