Sustainability
Topic

Sustainability

The Common Agricultural Policy combines social, economic and environmental approaches to help achieve sustainable farming and forestry systems and vibrant rural areas in the EU.

Latest news

Group of people in a field
07 Feb 2025

EU CAP Network Cross-visits 2025 - call for participating EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Three EU CAP Network Cross-visits, each lasting 1.5 days, will take place in the week of 5 May 2025.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
fruits at the market
20 Jan 2025

Much to digest from the 4th agri-food Forum

Many EU CAP Network activities are bringing agri-food chain stakeholders together, creating opportunities for dialogue and better use of CAP tools to improve the way we produce and consume food.

  • CAP Implementation
A group of people standing in a field, in a circle
16 Dec 2024

EU CAP Network cross-visits 2025 - call for hosting EIP-AGRI Operational Groups

Apply to become a host for one of the three new EU CAP Network cross-visits for Operational Groups.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Upcoming events

Cross-visit

EU CAP Network cross-visits 2025

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar
Focus group

Focus Group 'Production of protein crops under climate change' - 2nd meeting

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Calendar

Latest publications

Highlights report - Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)
Event Reports |

Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) - workshop

The workshop brought together liaison agencies, CAP managers and evaluators to improve awareness and understanding of FSDN, and fostered exchanges on challenges and good experiences.

  • CAP Implementation
Report - Assessment of CAP contribution to sustainable productivity
Reports |

Assessment of CAP contributions to sustainable productivity

Evaluation experts developed guidelines to measure productivity, accounting for not only the agricultural outputs but also the environmental and social outputs generated by the production process.

  • Evaluation
Report - Assessment of sectoral support within the CAP
Reports |

Assessment of sectoral support within the CAP

The Thematic Report, resulting from a Thematic Working Group which ran in 2024, provides inspiration and ideas for how sectoral support can be evaluated on its own or as part of an assessment of the Specific Objectives and/or evaluation element of the CAP.

  • Evaluation

Latest projects

Research and innovation | Completed

FUSILLI - Fostering the Urban food System Transformation through Innovative Living Labs Implementation

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

i2connect - Connecting advisers to boost interactive innovation in agriculture and forestry

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

Digital technologies for plant health, early detection, territory surveillance and phytosanitary measures

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Circular plastic boxes of the fermented food product
An aerial view of a wetland farm landscape showing a large lagoon and smaller natural ponds
Project | 03 Apr 2025

CAP supports fish farming for birds by the Adriatic Sea

  • CAP Implementation
A field with a strip of un-farmed land at the edge being used for nature solutions