Brief overview of the region (Europe and Central Asia), a breef introduction to the FAO Regional Initiative on Smallholders and Family Farms and the need to develop further approaches to community development planning.

This report provides information regarding the state of implementation of the current CAP young farmers’ mechanism. The different implementation styles of the Members States are described and the currently implemented policy tools are evaluated. Based on the secondary analysis and case studies, several policy recommendations are formulated, aimed at improving...

To encourage ways of boosting rural development, the European Commission has launched a call for tender for a pilot project on smart eco-social villages. What are the characteristics, drivers and factors of success for smart eco-social villages? How do we work towards  achieving  villages with a viable economy, attractive living conditions...

Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment to the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation No 1151/2012. Following that, the European Commission adopted the delegated act (EU) No 665/2014 in...

Six months after the Cork 2.0 event and the publication of the Declaration “A better life in rural areas”, Copa and Cogeca (farmers and agri-cooperatives), CEJA (young farmers) and CEPF (forest owners)  organised a joint event in Brussels, on March 22nd, 2017. The event, entitled “Cork 2.0 Declaration – Acting...

The EU mountain products legislation is alive, now it is time for producers and Member States to really seize this opportunity to give more added value to mountain areas. On 18th October 2017, around 100 mountain actors from all over Europe took part in a conference on “How to better...

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has published a Brochure entitled “The need for a White Paper on Rurality: from a local and regional perspective, For a European rural Agenda after 2020”. In this brochure, representatives of the CoR, members of the European Parliament and 3 organisations from the Civil...

Recently, the Farm-Success project partners have been gathering case studies from their countries as examples of best practices related to succession processes in European family farms.

A new web portal for the promotion of EU agricultural products is now available via the CHAFEA web site. The portal is mean to help organizations find funding, partners, and information on how to enter new export markets.  Importantly, the portal also contains an eligibility checker where organizations can check whether...

Discover how to influence the decision-making process and how the Low Impact Fishers of Europe can help you reach your goals! 

This report provides an overview of the main characteristics and structure of the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its developments in the last 25 years. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the primary agricultural policy instrument of the European Union. This report focuses on the new features and institutional context...

Legislative discussions around the new regulation on organic farming have been going on for almost two and a half years. A record in the history of the European Union. The 18th and very long trilogue of 28 June 2017 ended the negotiations between the European institutions, in a context of...

The yearly review of Copa Cogeca Secretariat work for 2017. You can scroll through the document and check the various topics that interest you. For all the main position papers, events etc we have included links to various documents and websites.  

Agriculture in European mountain areas plays a key role for society. Farming activities protect landscapes and provide society with vital ecosystem services and agriculture is an integrated part of the livelihood of mountain communities. However, mountain farming is not sufficiently competitive and resilient in the current socio-economic context. Mountain food...

Mlekarna Planika (Planika dairy) implemented a step by step technical and technological modernisation that effectively transformed it from a milk powder producer to one of the leading producers of high quality fresh milk and cheese in Slovenia. The modernisation was carried out on a step by step approach as in...

Discover the set of rules established to manage European fisheries and how LIFE can make your voice heard!

The EU fruit and vegetable regime supports operational programmes implemented by recognised producer organisations (POs), by making a funding contribution to the programmes' operational funds.Recognition of interbranch organisations (IBOs) is favoured where they proof to be sufficiently representative of the various occupational categories of the fruit and vegetables sector and they carry out practical...

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Spots-vidéos reçus lors du concours national de vidéo "Cuisine et Interdépendance" organisé dans le cadre du projet EAThink, par le Réseau International Urgenci. Action réalisée avec le soutien de l'Union européenne, la Région Normandie, l'Académie de Caen et la Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer.

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