AreaEuropean Union

Commodity GroupMeat

CommodityAll

Date20/05/2020

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentGovernment support

DescriptionAnnounced the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 as roadmaps for enhancing food and agricultural sustainability by 2030 under the Green Deal. The strategies aim to allow Member States to tailor their new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) programmes through a system of conditions to be met by farmers receiving area- and animal-based CAP payments. They target a 50 percent reduction in pesticide use, a 20 percent reduction in fertilizer use, a 50 percent reduction in nutrient leakage to groundwater, 25 percent of agricultural land being used for organic farming, 10 percent of land being set aside for environmental areas, and an increase in nature conservation areas by 30 percent.