On the basis of the European Commission’s proposals on the CAP after 2020 published on 1^st June, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and Policy Department B of the European Parliament have organised a Workshop on the “The Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020: appraisal of the EC legislative proposals”  in October 2018. This Workshop was structured in three parts:

1. The CAP Strategic Plans beyond 2020 : assessing the architecture and governance issues in order to achieve the EU-wide objectives;

Authors:  Emil Erjavec, Marko Lovec, Luka Juvančič, Tanja Šumrada and Ilona Rac (Ljubljana University)

2. The CAP support beyond 2020: assessing the future structure of direct payments and the rural development interventions in the light of the EU agricultural and environmental challenges;

Author: Dr ir R.A. Jongeneel, with contributions from Dr. H. Silvis (Wageningen UR)

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3. The sectoral approach in the CAP beyond 2020 and possible options to improve the EU food value chain.

Author: Tomás García-Azcárate (Spanish Research Council – CSIC)