The aim of the ’Precision agriculture and the future of farming in Europe’ project is to identify implications for legislative pathways for precision agriculture in Europe by mapping areas of concern around future developments. The project has three phases: Analysis of underlying technologies an...
Plant Protection Products (PPPs) are often perceived by citizens as very harmful for human health and for the environment. The tendency in EU policy is to stimulate reduction in use of PPPs. Can we maintain high yield while using less PPPs? This document presents the current state-of-the-art reg...
The adoption of precision farming techniques is allowing the EU to increase its agricultural output whilst ensuring the sustainability of the European agri-food sector. Consequently, the EU has been supporting cutting-edge research and innovation into several exciting solutions that will truly h...
The concept of sustainability applied to agriculture developed mainly as a result of growing awareness of negative impacts of intensive farming systems on the environment and the quality of life of rural and neighbouring communities. Intensive farming systems are based on genetically uniform cro...
Risk is inherent in the agricultural sector therefore farmers need to develop strategies to address losses following climate events or plant and animal diseases and price volatility. The common agricultural policy (CAP) includes instruments to support risk management by farmers and respond to cr...
The present document offers a compilation of 27 practical case studies on the management of farmland in Natura 2000 sites from different countries of the EU. The overall objective is to illustrate the various kinds of initiatives that have been successfully undertaken to promote and support farm...
The aim of this study is to illustrate the different ways in which the current EU legislative framework may be affected by the digitisation and automation of farming activities and the respective technological trends. The study analyses the issues that might have to be dealt with, identifying th...
Family farming is the predominant business model in European agriculture. The key challenges faced by family farms are considered in this briefing note and the effectiveness of policy measures in the EU, both the current measures and those agreed for the 2014 to 2020 period, in tackling these ch...