Agriculture Atlas 2019

Europe needs a new political majority for a fundamental reform of the EU’s damaging and inequitable farming subsidies to stand a chance of saving nature, preventing the worst effects of climate change and reviving small farms and our rural regions. A radical change in the Common Agriculture Policy is crucial to fulfil EU Paris climate commitments, prevent the dangerous consequences of environmental degradation and revive rural life in Europe!

The atlas shows how closely Europe's agriculture is intertwined with our lives and our living spaces. It also reveals how little of the funding of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is fir for purpose.

No other part of the economy is so deeply influenced by European Union rules than farming, which is subject to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Agriculture Atlas 2019

50 pages with numerous illustrations with facts and figures on EU agriculture.

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Billions for fields and livestock housing

EU/INTRODUCTION - Hitting Targets, Missing Goals

Introduction

The Common Agricultural Policy is one of the EU’s oldest policies. Despite its extensive funds and regular reforms every seven years, it is poorly attuned to the needs of Europe’s hugely diverse farm sector. Goals to minimize and adapt to climate change, protect the environment and promote rural development are poorly served.

Agriculture Atlas 2019 - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

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According to the European Environmental Agency, agriculture is the biggest threat to biodiversity

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