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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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
Farmer and advisor standing in a field - discussing innovative solutions for EU agriculture
22 Jun 2026

Call for three new EU CAP Network Focus Groups now open

Forest wildfires, on-farm fertiliser strategies, and protection for fruit orchards: apply to the call for Focus Group experts by 31 July 2026.

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Upcoming events

Conference

Bluefish and garum festival

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Conference

CODECS Final Conference - Towards sustainable digitalisation of agriculture

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
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Latest publications

Group picture TG Just Transition
Event Reports |

2nd Thematic Group meeting on Just Transition in the Agri-Food System: the Role of the CAP

The Thematic Group (TG) meeting focused on developing concrete proposals on what is required to enable and mainstream a Just Transition in the agri-food sector. Participants also identified policy (particularly the CAP) and the governance structures and processes to support this. Discussions built on outcomes of the first meeting and three informal sessions among TG members.

  • CAP Implementation
Second Evaluation of Good Practices: Phases of Structuring and Observation (D2.1)
Member State Evaluation |

Evaluation of best practice projects from Tuscany, 2014-2022 RDP, second catalogue

This is the second evaluation of best practices, produced for the 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP) of Tuscany (Italy). A catalogue of best practices is produced with the aim of highlighting the most significant projects and those which have achieved the best results.

  • Evaluation
Actions to promote sustainable and competitive livestock systems in the EU
Factsheets |

Actions to promote sustainable and competitive livestock systems in the EU

An overview of the main issues faced by livestock systems and solutions that could enable greater sustainability within different parts of the sector.

  • CAP Implementation

Latest projects

Research and innovation | Ongoing

HealthFerm - Innovative pulse and cereal-based food fermentations for human health and sustainable diets

  • 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
Research and innovation | Ongoing

Novel fibre value chains & ecosystem services from sustainable feedstocks

  • Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI

Latest good practice

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
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