Phil Hogan: Improved greening payment can deliver more

The greening payment concept introduced in the 2013 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is working but can be improved to deliver more.

That is the view of EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan, who was responding to a commission review of how the measures have been implemented in their first year.

The analysis shows that greening has the potential to deliver environmental and climate benefits on a large share of EU farmland, including areas not covered by rural development measures.