This study provides an overview of the effect of the decline in the number of farms across the EU on the European farming model (EFM), which is built around the notion of multifunctionality and provision of public goods by agriculture. It concludes that in order to foster sustain...
Starting with milk in the 1970s, the EU has a long history of supplying agricultural products to school children. With a dedicated EU school scheme for the 2017-2023 period, the EU is currently funding the distribution of fruit, vegetables, milk and milk products, and also educat...
The European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) commissioned RAND Europe and expert advisors to conduct a foresight study to develop appropriate future scenarios on the use of pesticides to 2030 and beyond, aligning with the 2030 pesticide-use an...
Les pesticides jouent un rôle important dans la gestion de la production alimentaire: ils augmentent la production agricole par la prévention et l’éradication d’organismes néfastes aux plantes. Cependant, les pesticides ont également le potentiel de causer des dommages considérab...
Europe needs the vision, engagement and participation of all young people to build a better future that is greener, more inclusive and digital. In the words of the European Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, “Our Union needs a soul and a vision [young people] can conne...
The study Rural proofing – a foresight framework for resilient rural communities is focussing on a term that has become in recent years a prominent concept within rural development. Rural areas are considered as particularly at-risk regarding disparities and unbalanced impacts of...
This short-term outlook edition provides a forecast of market developments for key agricultural markets in 2022 and 2023 based on market intelligence available until mid-March 2022. It looks at the prospects for the agricultural markets notably in the instable context following t...
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 Ae...