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.

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neighbors man and woman chatting near the fence in the village
19 Jun 2025

LEADER for community resilience and security

Speaking with LEADER stakeholders in five countries bordering the Russian Federation, we learnt about LEADER ambitions, its current implementation and its role for community resilience and security.

  • CAP Implementation
Canola plants and landscape of meadow
18 Jun 2025

Estimating the climate change mitigation potential of the EU’s CAP Strategic Plans

The study, coordinated by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, provides a meaningful first step in evaluating how the agricultural sector can support the EU’s climate ambitions.

  • Evaluation
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

Upcoming events

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Women Leading Rural Innovation: From Vision to Action

  • CAP Implementation
  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
  • Evaluation
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Conference

Mediterranean Forest Week

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Latest publications

Sustainability of operations financed under Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
Member State Evaluation |

Sustainability of operations financed under the 2014-2020 RDP

The evaluation focuses on how the Rural Development Programme (RDP) contributed to enhancing market orientation and increasing farm competitiveness.

  • Evaluation
Evaluating the compensation for organic production in Sweden’s Rural Development Programme
Member State Evaluation |

Compensation for organic production in the Rural Development Programme

This interim evaluation report focuses on the effects of payments for organic production under Sweden’s Rural Development Programme (RDP).

  • Evaluation
Press article - Smart spraying for sustainable farming
Press Articles |

Smart spraying for sustainable farming

Greek Operational Group DacoTech successfully fights the olive fruit fly with innovative technologies.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest projects

EIP-AGRI Operational Group | Completed

Contingency plan for Water Management at Söderfjärden - Ground water investigation

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

Transformation for sustainable nutrient supply and management

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

Sustainable Parasite Control in Grazing Ruminants

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

Poplar trees and the blue sky
A group of people inspecting a patch of catch crops
A ladybug climbing on a rosemary plant
Project | 10 Jul 2025

Ruralfruit-AgroEco

  • CAP Implementation