All to play for as EU’s new Common Agricultural Policy takes shape slowly
Portuguese Minister of Agriculture Maria Do Céu Antunes has until July, the end of Portugal's six-month presidency of the EU, to lead the way to agreement on the new CAP. Slovenia takes over the presidency in July. Picture: European Union
Living on the farm, personal work and management, having animals, a significant part of the income from the farm, and managing the ancestral/inherited farm, have been listed by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski as possible criteria for the definition of an active farmer, in the ongoing reform of the EU’s common agricultural policy.
On Twitter, he suggested at least two of these criteria should be met, for a farmer to fulfil the “active farmer” definition.
