A simplified CAP for Europe
Last week the European Commission published a report outlining the progress already made in simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy and re-stated its confidence in meeting its objective of reducing the administrative burden arising from the CAP by 25% by 2012. The report highlights a “number of measures taken over the past three and a half [...]
A practical seminar on CAP
Agra Europe will be holding a two day seminar entitled “A practical seminar on the Common Agricultural Policy: Understanding the Agricultural Policy in Europe” on the 4 - 5 June 2009, Radisson SAS Portman Hotel London.
According to their newsletter, the seminar gives you a comprehensive - but accessible - introduction to The Common Agricultural Policy, [...]
CAP “Health Check”
Hot on the heals of the previous post entitled CAP Explained, comes this post on the CAP “Health Check”, announced on the 20th of November 2008. According to the European Commission, the Health Check comprises of a series of measures that seek to “modernise, simplify and streamline the CAP and remove restrictions on farmers, [...]
CAP Explained
We have updated the National Rural Network –> References page to include a link to the European Commission publication entitled “The Common Agricultural Policy explained”. We have also added links to a series of European Commission Factsheets in relation to Agriculture & Rural Development.
For those new to CAP “The Common Agricultural Policy explained” publication presents [...]