Sustainability
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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

The project 'Changing roles' receiving the award on stage at the ARIA ceremony
12 Dec 2025

Rural women shaping the future: ARIA 2025 Gender Equality awards

The special awards help foster a new mindset, whereby any project is analysed in terms of how much it promotes gender equality – and vice versa, how equality can be embedded in any CAP-funded project.

  • CAP Implementation
Man jumping over a river in the mountains
12 Nov 2025

Making LEADER braver – Bolder action in Austrian rural development

In 2025, Austrian Local Action Groups have chosen ‘Making LEADER braver’ as an overarching ambition for their work. Discover what this means and how it is happening in practice.

  • CAP Implementation
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

Governance meeting

Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) - 11th meeting

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Latest publications

Visual identity - TG Water Resilience
Event Reports |

2nd Thematic Group meeting on Improving Water Resilience in Rural Areas through the CAP

This was the second and last meeting of this Thematic Group (TG), which examine how to best utilise the CAP’s potential for improving water resilience in rural areas.

  • CAP Implementation
Shining examples of advisory services showcased by European network
Press Articles |

Shining examples of advisory services showcased by European network

Long-term advisory provided to Belgian dairy farm serves as inspiration to agricultural advisors across Europe.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Event report - ‘Irrigation – Optimising water use practices in annual (and perennial) crops’
Event Reports |

Cross-visit 'Irrigation – Optimising water use practices in annual (and perennial) crops'

This report presents the outcomes of the cross-visit between EIP-AGRI Operational Group projects (OGs) working in the field of irrigation and optimising water use practices in annual (and perennial) crops.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest projects

Research and innovation | Ongoing

Food Systems in Transition – Participatory, Open Citizen Research for Sustainable Nutrition

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

Towards a smart plant protection in European farms: An integrated living farm lab approach

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Inspirational Idea | 12 Jan 2026

Forest monitoring for sustainable management

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Inspirational Idea | 09 Jan 2026

Biostimulants for sustainable agriculture

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Inspirational Idea | 09 Jan 2026

Growing industrial crops: opportunities for farmers and land managers

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI