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The final phase of the CAP reform negotiation starts
The final phase of the CAP reform negotiation starts
20/03/2013

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.

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Statement of Commissioner Cioloş on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 after the European Council
11/02/2013

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.

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A first step for the CAP reform at the EU Parliament
24/01/2013

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

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Public consultation on the future of organic production
15/01/2013

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.

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CAP Communication Awards
11/12/2012

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.

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Commissioner Dacian Cioloş
Improving the functioning of the food supply chain
05/12/2012

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.

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Commissioner Dacian Cioloş and José Graziano da Silva, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
World Food Day - Zero Hunger: the only acceptable target
16/10/2012

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.

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Diary

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

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