Socio-economic Impacts
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Socio-economic Impacts

Socio-economic impacts are related to the CAP objective of promoting social inclusion and local development in rural areas as well as high-quality, safe and nutritious food produced in a sustainable way.

Latest news

light bulbs illustration on a farm landscape
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
Scenic photo of a mountain and a lake in Slovenia
18 Nov 2024

Slovenia’s simplified community-led local development

Simplification and harmonisation between EU funds have helped LEADER succeed in Slovenia. The main enabling factor is a common national legal framework, which this article explains more about.

  • CAP Implementation
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18 Nov 2024

LEADER success stories across the CAP

LEADER can co-fund a variety of projects supporting many different CAP objectives and this article shows the scope of LEADER's rural development potential.

  • CAP Implementation

Latest publications

Nordrhein Implementation costs
Member State Evaluation |

Implementation of the North Rhine-Westphalia programme: administrative effort, costs and determinants

he report presents and discusses the efforts and costs associated with implementing the North Rhine-Westphalia Rural Development Programme from 2014 to 2022

  • Evaluation
Development of entrepreneurship and agricultural services
Member State Evaluation |

Development of entrepreneurship and agricultural services

This report examines the effects of the operation ‘Development of entrepreneurship and of agricultural services’ through indicators, support seeker characteristics and activities in rural entrepreneurship.

  • Evaluation
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

Latest projects

EIP-AGRI Operational Group | Completed

Innovative and participatory vegetable and berry production in the conurbation of Cologne / Bonn

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

From ecological intercropping to fine fiber

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Research and innovation | Ongoing

NUTRI-KNOW: Exchanging easy-to-understand nutrient management knowledge with farmers

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Taikayontien lumo project logo
Project | 10 Jul 2025

Taikayöntien Lumo Project

  • CAP Implementation
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Shelter in Dolice
Project | 09 Jul 2025

Construction of the megalithic route – The Time Portal

  • CAP Implementation