The European Union is “wide of the mark” in its support measures for organic farming, and the target of achieving 25% organic farmland by 2030 “seems out of reach”, warns the European Court of Auditors in a report published on Monday 23 September.
“Around €12 billion of EU funding has been provided since 2014 without adequately nurturing the organic sector”, deplore the auditors, who visited four Member States with different agricultural profiles: Romania, Poland, Austria...