During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest almost EUR 45 billion in Spain's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Spain to adapt both...

Mountain agriculture today represents 16% of utilized agricultural area (UAA) in the 27 member European Union states (EU-27) and 34% in Spain (European Commission 2013). Mountain areas are defined by their unfavorable topography, typically described by elevation and/or slope, remoteness, and more extreme climate, but this can vary significantly between...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest around EUR 37.5 billion in Italy's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Italy to adapt both...

Over the past fifty years, the food system has become increasingly globalised and heavily dependent on cheap raw materials, chemical inputs and mechanisation. In short, the global food system is broken increasingly controlled by a handful of multinationals. This film demonstrates how people across Europe are re-organising their food supply...

Agriculture accounts for roughly 40% of the EU budget. It is the only policy almost entirely funded from the EU budget, where European spending is largely complementary to national spending. The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014–20 demonstrates the central role of statistics and the need for a solid knowledge...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 485 million in Cyprus's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Cyprus to adapt...

Due to concentration or development strategies, in recent years, worldwide, farmers are faced with a fundamental strategic decisions, namely to choose how to act better, in conditions of uncertainty, to make farms viable, profitable, resistance to competition, with markets and efficiency in accessing financial funds. Alternatively, farmers realize different forms...

Professional documentaries on young farmers, winners of the third edition of the national contest of Mipaaf / National Rural Network "New Success factors", which selects the best practices in rural development made by young farmers who have benefited from the EAFRD funds. The documentaries are made by young professionals selected...

Between 2014 and 2020, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 2.5 billion in Latvia's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Latvia to adapt both...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 3371 million in Luxembourg's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Luxembourg to adapt...

Until 2020, the new CAP is going to invest EUR 134 million in the Maltese farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility was given to Malta to adapt both direct payments and...

This study analyses three questions in relation to the evaluation of investment support in Rural Development Programmes (RDP) of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Different evaluation methods are classified according to their appropriateness and suitability to measure efficiency, effectiveness and impact of investment support measures. In order to evaluate the...

Three women from Spain set up their own company in Galicia helping to preserve the tradition, particular to the area, of canning local fish and seafood in glass jars and selling their products in specialised gourmet shops.

The new types of successful cooperative structures developed in European countries have stimulated a dialogue within Romania on the benefits and the opportunities brought by these structures. This subject is highly relevant for us taking into account that in a capitalized economy, agriculture is a simple and efficient response to...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 61 billion in Dutch farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to the Netherlands to...

Until 2020, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 8.8 billion in Austria's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Austria to adapt both direct payments...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 32 billion in Polish farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been fined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Poland to adapt...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 8 billion in Portugal's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been defined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to Portugal to adapt...

Over the next 7 years, the CAP will invest nearly EUR 20 billion in Romania's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities defined at EU level include: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, Romania has flexibility to adapt both direct payments and rural development programmes to its...

During the next 7 years, the new CAP is going to invest more than EUR 4.5 billion in Slovakia's farming sector and rural areas. Key political priorities have been fined at European level such as: jobs, sustainability, modernization, innovation and quality. In parallel, flexibility is given to the Slovakia to...