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 ice cream-farm Ijshoeve De Boey, Belgium (c) Ijshoeve De Boey
20 Aug 2026

Farm diversification: an asset for rural resilience

Farm diversification contributes to resilient farms and rural communities. It requires careful strategic planning and skills, as well as stable and supportive policy frameworks.

  • CAP Implementation
Franz Sinabell, Senior economist - WIFO, Austrian Institute of Economic Research
29 Jun 2026

Understanding CAP internal coherence

Franz Sinabell, senior economist at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), explains the evaluation of coherence in the context of Specific Objective 3 (SO3) of the CAP.

  • Evaluation
Participants engaged in group discussion during an outdoor EU CAP Network workshop session, seated around a table near a lakeside landscape
23 Jun 2026

Networking, the CAP, and the future: insights from our recent Thematic Groups

Discover key insights from our latest TGs on sustainable and competitive livestock systems, farm diversification, and a Just Transition in the agri-food sector.

  • CAP Implementation

Upcoming events

Conference

CODECS Final Conference - Towards sustainable digitalisation of agriculture

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Conference

MINAGRIS Final Conference: Healthy soils for sustainable food

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Governance meeting

Subgroup on Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (SoIKE) - 13th meeting

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Latest publications

Effects of EIP support: interim report for Thuringia, Germany, 2014-2022 RDP
CAP Evaluation Insights |

Effects of EIP support: interim report for Thuringia, Germany, 2014-2022 RDP

This interim report of Thuringia, Germany, reviews the first nine completed EIP-AGRI Operational Group projects under the 2014-2022 RDP

  • Evaluation
Achieving a Just Transition in the Agri-Food System: actions required
Factsheets |

Achieving a Just Transition in the Agri-Food System: actions required

An overview of the main actions identified to facilitate a just transition in the agri-food sector and how policy and governance arrangements need to evolve to support these actions.

  • CAP Implementation
EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain'
Event Reports |

EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain'

This report presents the main results of the EU CAP Network Focus Group 'Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain', the meetings of which were held on 27-28 November 2025 (Stockholm, Sweden) and 6-7 May 2026 (Aranjuez, Spain)

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest projects

EIP-AGRI Operational Group | Completed

EVA - Evaluation of 127 resistant grapevine varieties for rose wine production

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

O'CESAR: Observatory of innovative grape varieties in Southern France

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

preventive control against Brettanomyces

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

On farm biogas plant
Inspirational Idea | 02 Sep 2026

Farm-scale biogas: turning farm waste into energy and reducing costs

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Anna Länsisalmi-Keisala with ther cows
Project | 15 Jul 2026

Maalaisjärki Farm: Bold Investments by Young Farmers

  • CAP Implementation
Družstvo Agrochmel Kněževes logo
Project | 09 Jul 2026

Agrochmel Kněževes - New technologies for diversification

  • CAP Implementation