SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture

CAP needed but not enough for family farming

Brussels, 10/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - As part of the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform, account must be taken of the diversity of the agricultural situations in the EU, and the dominant model of family farming should be taken into account by the countries of the EU to ensure it a future, said European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos at the informal meeting of European agriculture ministers in Vilnius on Tuesday 10 September. The theme of family farming was chosen by the...