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#Live in Brussels 🇪🇺 IPES-Food's Nick Jacobs is at the European Committee of the Regions (@EU_CoR) for an exchange of views on the impending #EUfarm2fork Strategy.
Nick will be joined by @GuidoMilana @rozathun & @SchilthuisGijs.
⌚️ We'll bring you updates from 15h30 CET 👍
Nick will be joined by @GuidoMilana @rozathun & @SchilthuisGijs.
⌚️ We'll bring you updates from 15h30 CET 👍
The @EU_CoR is exchanging views on #EUFarm2Fork Strategy. For our director Nick Jacobs, initial thinking on the #F2F has taken an "à la carte approach", failing to map out a real "paradigm shift".
#FarmToFork #CommonFoodPolicy
Some thoughts 👇
#FarmToFork #CommonFoodPolicy
Some thoughts 👇
1. #EUFarm2Fork targets not enough. #Pesticide & AB reduction targets won't be effective w/o viable alternative products/production systems. 2. Techno-fixes (gene editing, feed additives, #data-driven ag) reinforce current system & entail trade-offs! 3. Support for #agroecology?
Some 3% of farms now account for 52% of EU farmland, and 20% of farms receive 80% of payments under the #CAP.
The #CommonFoodPolicy argues to reform the payments mechanism of CAP via 4 key points (among others):
#FutureofCAP
The #CommonFoodPolicy argues to reform the payments mechanism of CAP via 4 key points (among others):
#FutureofCAP
i) shifting from an area-based payment logic to composite criteria (labour intensity, farm size, regional specificities, etc.) with mandatory redistribution to small-scale farms.
ii) capping payments to individual farms.
ii) capping payments to individual farms.
iii) providing a positive definition of an active farmer at EU level.
and iv) introducing a minimum percentage (instead of a ceiling) for payments to young farmers.
and iv) introducing a minimum percentage (instead of a ceiling) for payments to young farmers.
