agriculture policy News
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Europe`s Common Agricultural Policy: Taking care of our roots
The European Commission is launching today a communication campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of agriculture in our daily lives – and the role that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plays in supporting it. Under the new CAP's signature "Taking care of our roots", the campaign will be progressively rolled-out over the period 2013-2014 in all the EU member States, with ...
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Common Agriculture Policy reform: the package is approved by the SCA
Today (7 October 2013), under the Lithuanian Presidency, the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) approved final compromise texts of the common agriculture policy (CAP) reform package agreed by the Council and the European Parliament representatives during the last trilogue meeting which took place on 24 September. The main elements of the political agreement on the CAP reform package figure ...
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Reimbursement of the levy paid in excess by the EU sugar sector
The Council adopted today a regulation fixing new production levies for the marketing years 2001/2002 to 2005/2006, by virtue of which Member States will be able to determine and reimburse with interest the sums unduly paid by the sugar sector over the period 2001-2006 (16233/13). The regulation follows a judgment of the Court of Justice which annulled regulation 1193/2009 fixing the production ...
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Common agricultural policy: the reform is approved by the Council
Common agricultural policy: the reform is approved by the Council Today (on Dec 16), the Council adopted the common agriculture policy (CAP) reform package following a first reading agreement with the European Parliament. This reform sets out the new rules for the CAP in the next seven-year period, in order to equip the European agricultural sector for the opportunities and challenges of the ...
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Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): Political agreement reached on last remaining points
The European Parliament, the EU Council of Ministers and the European Commission have reached a political agreement this evening on the few issues on CAP reform (in the context of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020) that remained outstanding after the 26 June political agreement on the reform (see IP/13/613 and MEMO/13/621). "Having found agreement on most of the CAP reform package ...
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Commission to recover €335 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
A total of €335 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts have already been recovered from the Member States the financial impact of today's decision will be some €304 million. This money returns to the EU budget ...
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Input for discussion on Common Agricultural Policy after 2020
There is a possibility that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be reformulated after 2020. In order to stimulate a strategic discussion regarding the reformulation of this policy, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has asked the LEI to conduct an exploratory study into possible scenarios and policy options for the CAP after 2020. This study contains suggestions for the policy's ...
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Input for discussion on Common Agricultural Policy after 2020
There is a possibility that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be reformulated after 2020. In order to stimulate a strategic discussion regarding the reformulation of this policy, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has asked the LEI to conduct an exploratory study into possible scenarios and policy options for the CAP after 2020. This study contains suggestions for the policy's ...
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Input for discussion on Common Agricultural Policy after 2020
There is a possibility that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be reformulated after 2020. In order to stimulate a strategic discussion regarding the reformulation of this policy, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has asked the LEI to conduct an exploratory study into possible scenarios and policy options for the CAP after 2020. This study contains suggestions for the policy's ...
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Common Agricultural Policy reform – reducing the impact of farming
Today, the European Commission launched its proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013. The key objective is ‘to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and permanence of agriculture throughout the EU in order to secure for European citizens a healthy and high-quality source of food, preserve the environment and develop rural areas’. The proposals tie ...
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Conference: Coexistence of GM and non-GM in international trade
There is a tension in the coexistence of genetically modified (GM) and non-genetically modified agricultural supply chains. Therefore the side by side existence of biotechnological, conventional and organic food and feed in international supply chains and trade, is the subject of the biannual conference, organised from 17 to 20 November in Amsterdam by the Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy ...
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Bee and wasp extinctions in UK driven by historical agricultural changes
Changes in agricultural policy and practice, such as increased intensification and fertiliser use, are responsible for many historical extinctions of pollinator populations in the UK, suggests new research. The study looked at bee and wasp extinction rates in relation to agricultural practices since the mid-19th century. The pollination services provided by insects, such as bees and ...
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Subsidies contribute to harming Baltic Sea instead of saving it
The majority of subsidies given to Baltic Sea fisheries and agriculture have a negative impact on the health of the sea, a new WWF report says. Some 14 billion euros of taxpayers’ money is distributed to these sectors in the region every year. But according to WWF at least 84 percent of this cash pile is being used in an environmentally harmful way or instead of serving the public good is ...
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EU Nitrogen Expert Panel presented to the European Parliament
The “Forum on Fertilizers and Nutrients for Growth” took place in the European Parliament on the 9 December 2014. The meeting was chaired by Julie Girling (ECR, UK) alongside Vice-chairs Peter Jahr (EPP, Germany) and Jan Huitema (ALDE, the Netherlands) who together managed and contributed to a lively debate. Pierre Bascou, Director, DG Agriculture and Rural Affairs and member of the ...
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Agricultural crisis: €500m aid package not enough, say MEPs
The Commission's €500 million aid package revealed last week is a step in the right direction but it might be not enough to get farmers struggling with falling prices back on their feet, many MEPs told Commissioner Phil Hogan in a debate on Wednesday. Crisis management instruments should be improved, and the position of farmers in the food supply chain strengthened, said MEPs. Some also ask ...
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NFU Thankful for Farm Bill, Livestock Disaster Programs
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s announcement to expedite assistance to farmers and ranchers suffering through the California drought and other recent calamities: “The purpose and benefits of the recently enacted farm bill are evident once again with the extreme drought in California. Farmers, ...
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New draft rules for State aids in agriculture, forestry and rural areas, now available for information and feedback
The draft new rules on State aids in the agriculture and forestry sectors and in rural areas (block exemption Regulation and Guidelines) have now been put online in all official EU-languages. The new rules have not yet been adopted by the Commission. These drafts are made public to inform institutions, public authorities, organisations, companies and citizens who can make comments by 24 March ...
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EU or not – will farmers face similar regulations regardless?
The Common Agricultural Policy is a huge part of every UK farmer’s business model. With a number of grant and subsidy schemes which have in the past included subsidising the acquisition of rainwater harvesting tanks and other storage tanks, the impending referendum on whether or not the UK stays in the European Union will be of great interest to a large number of farmers, as well as ...
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Northern Ireland Farmers Warned Over CAP Claims – Fertiliser and Diesel Documentation Deadline
3,000 Northern Ireland Farmers were warned this week that they could lose payments from Europe if they don’t meet an impending deadline for paperwork, being the 3rd August. Farmers are required to prove that they are actively working their land to qualify for the money from the European Common Agricultural Policy. Of the 27,000 farmers who applied for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in May, ...
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EU launches new computer model for policy changes on agriculture
Researchers from 15 European countries have come together to build a computer model that can evaluate the effects of policy changes on agriculture. This new model allows policy makers to investigate the likely effects of policy change on agriculture. Importantly, the model will allow the effects of policy to be examined at all scales, from farming in a single region to the whole European and ...
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