Will the EU’s Farm-to-Fork Strategy help the region meet climate targets?
GLOBAL INSIGHT
The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is essentially a system of agricultural subsidies and other support programmes that have propped up the EU rural economy for decades. Despite being controversial, it has been instrumental in shaping the global food system for over six decades.
The controversy dates back decades. Apart from external criticism that the CAP provided trade-distorting subsidies that disproportionately benefitted EU farmers,
