This study examines the effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures and instruments1 on animal welfare and the reduction of antimicrobial use. It identifies farming practices, their impacts on these two components, and how such practices were effectively supported by the CAP, then a...
During the 2014-2020 period, the Commission attributed over a quarter of the common agricultural policy (CAP)’s budget to mitigate and adapt to climate change. We examined whether the CAP supported climate mitigation practices able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. We found th...
The general objective of the study can be split in two: - Establish a comprehensive state of play on the transport of unweaned calves on long (> 8 hours) journeys in the EU, which would help to assess the current system. - Identify current practices at both EU and national level, including those...
Due to their specific characteristics, the EU supports the agricultural sectors of the outermost regions (OR) Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint-Martin and Réunion Island (France), the Canary Islands (Spain), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal) and the Smaller Aegean Islands (SA...
The European Commission has been promoting animal welfare for over 40 years, especially as citizen expectations on animal-husbandry standards have been increasing. Recently, it has added the use of antimicrobials in animal production to its priorities in order to address resistance to those drug...
Welfare of unweaned calves during long-distance transport has gained substantial attention from animal welfare organisations as well as in politics and national and EU policy making. The objective of this study was to establish a comprehensive state of play on the transport of unweaned non-repla...