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After two days of negotiations, last night, before midnight, the AGRI Council of Ministers reached an agreement on a "general approach” on the reform of the Common agricultural policy.

EU leaders have reiterated their confidence in a modernised Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and recognized the important contribution of farming and rural areas to the EU economy.
If confirmed by the European Parliament, this agreement paves the way to the final phase of the CAP reform negotiations.

Statement of Commissioner Dacian Cioloş after the vote on the future reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in the European Parliament Agriculture & Rural Development Committee

The European Commission is launching today an online consultation aimed at all citizens interested in organic production in Europe. The consultation will feed the reflexion on a new framework regulation, as called for by the Commission in its report of May 2012 on the implementation of the current regulation.

Communication projects from Ireland, Poland, Romania and Hungary emerged as the main winners from the CAP@50 Communication Awards ceremony in Brussels this week, although all 12 of the nominated projects were given particular praise by the independent panel of judges which drafted the short-list for nominations.

The High Level Forum for a Better Functioning Food Supply Chain, established in 2010, has presented its report.
It shows that around 80 % of the initiatives contained in the Forum's Roadmap have been satisfactorily implemented.

By Dacian Cioloș and José Graziano da Silva
The 32nd World Food Day being celebrated on October 16 this year brings mixed news regarding the fight against hunger.
Latest figures show that we have made progress in reducing hunger in the past two decades. Around one billion in the world went hungry in 1990: today 868 million are still undernourished and, with an extra push we can achieve the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the prevalence of hunger on the planet by 2015.
20/05/2013 -
Conference: "Viitoarea Politica agricolă comună europeană: oportunități și priorități pentru România” (Bucarest)
24/05/2013 -
Award ceremony of the 2013 Forest drawing competition