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.

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Farming 4.0
23 Jan 2026

Capacity-building event on assessing digitalisation under CAP Strategic Plans

An online event explored how CAP digitalisation can be better understood and assessed within CAP Strategic Plans, building on a newly published thematic report.

  • Evaluation
Main square and cathedral aerial view of Zagreb, Croatia
11 Dec 2025

Workshop on assessing CAP income and sectoral support in Zagreb

The event was organised by the National CAP Network and the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, with the support of the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP.

  • Evaluation
Farmers and young people work together at Nograd farm, Hungary (c) Maszlik Családi Gazdaság
18 Sep 2025

Breaking new ground: Rewriting the story of Europe’s farmers

A recent EU CAP Network’s Thematic Group looked at how to make farmers’ wider contributions to society better seen and valued by the wider public.

  • CAP Implementation

Upcoming events

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Thematic Group meeting

2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Farm Diversification

  • CAP Implementation
Calendar

Latest publications

Backyard of the stables on typical autumn day - horse walking
Policy Insights |

Diversify to thrive

Farm diversification can help European farms – especially small ones – cope with economic vulnerabilities and global challenges, adopting strategies that fit their context and specific needs.

  • CAP Implementation
People in a field at dawn
Event Reports |

2nd meeting of the Thematic Group on Unlocking the Potential of Cooperation

This was the second and last meeting of this Thematic Group (TG), which considered the potential of cooperation for business competitiveness, resilience and growth, particularly for small farmers.

  • CAP Implementation
Event report - Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts
Event Reports |

Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts

The report summarised the discussions held during the Workshop, organised on 16-17 October 2025 in Bucharest, Romania, to share approaches for netting out the impacts of the CAP.

  • Evaluation

Latest projects

EIP-AGRI Operational Group

LaVi

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

AIPruning

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

Social Economy for Resilience, Inclusion and Good life in Rural areas

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Airplane kitchen
Mud Month Festival 2024 opening event - fire dancers and magician
Project | 08 Jan 2026

Mud Month Festival

  • CAP Implementation
Vineyards in Luxemburg