Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture called on Thursday 31 March for additional support from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to encourage farmers to convert to organic farming.
The committee adopted (with 45 votes in favour, none against and no abstentions) the draft report by Simone Schmiedtbauer (EPP, Austria) which, while supporting the development of organic farming, does not explicitly mention the European Commission’s requested target of 25% organic...