Between 2016 and 2017, the poverty rate in rural areas fell from 26% to 24% and the share of organic farming area in the EU increased, the European Commission said on Wednesday 17 July.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) indicators contribute to the assessment of the CAP’s performance (178 indicators and more than 900 sub-indicators). They confirm that the CAP is more market-oriented (EU agri-food exports amounted to €137.5 billion in 2018 and the EU's trade balance for agri-food...