Farmers will benefit from simplified rules, more flexibility for EU countries
More flexibility to European Union (EU) countries to support young farmers, more ecological focus areas, more support for farmers facing income losses – these were just some of the proposed improvements to EU agri-food policy agreed by EU member states on 16 October 2017. The changes to the four main regulations governing the common agricultural policy (CAP) will enter only into force once a deal on all aspects on the overall proposal (the so-called Omnibus regulation) is reached.
Organization: European Commission
Year: 2017
Country/ies: European Union
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Blog article
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Content language: English