The main challenges facing the CAP

The new Common Agricultural Policy for the period 2014-2020 is faced with a number of challenges but at the same time, it could help EU farmers take a step forward and adjust to rising competitiveness worldwide.

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• New CAP can make EU farming profitable, Spanish farmers say

  News | Agrifood 26-07-2016

  Spanish farmers consider the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as an opportunity to cut red tape and make environmental measures more efficient.

• New CAP is still struggling to find new export markets

  News | Agrifood 25-07-2016

  Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has launched a “diplomatic campaign” to find new markets for EU products. But external trade complexity and an unbalanced internal market pose serious challenges for the executive.

• Crisis-hit French farmers unconvinced by new CAP

  News | Agrifood 27-07-2016

  French milk, pork and beef farmers are currently facing severe crises, and they fear that the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will not have the answers they need. EURACTIV France reports.

• German farmers: ‘Aid is not going to help active farms’

  Interview | Agrifood 28-07-2016

  The aid package coming the way of milk farmers will only be of help if funds are not tied to targets on reducing production, the Secretary-General of the German Farmers' Association told EURACTIV.de. However, he did downplay the impact Brexit will have on the sector.

• Smart farming trying to find its feet in EU agriculture

  News | Agrifood 29-07-2016

  The EU Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 should mobilise both direct payments and rural development pillars, in order to pave the way for the introduction of much-needed digital technologies in the farming sector, experts in precision agriculture told EURACTIV.com.