Common Agricultural Policy - FoEE FoEE meeting Monor May 2009 o Europe is a big player o CAP is at the heart of EU food system o What is FoEE going to do???

Common Agricultural Policy - FoEE To begin with get a draft position –What’s wrong with the EU food system? –What’s CAP got to do with it? –What do we do with the CAP? –What else do we need? Easy!

EU – What’s wrong? Environmental : Land use Resource use Climate change Biodiversity loss Pollution GMOs

EU – What’s wrong? Social: Starvation Vs Obesity Loss of small farmers Loss of rural communities Inequality Corporate control

Common Agricultural Policy - FoEE Impact of CAP: Supporting too much of the wrong kind of production and serving agribusiness Inadequate protection of farmers in Europe and globally Inadequate environmental and social safeguards Endangering public support for farming

Common Agricultural Policy - FoEE A new era of food production in the EU

EU Foodjectives Produce its main needs sustainably, safely and humanely – for food, feeds, fuel from diverse food production in every region of Europe Optimize resource use (energy, land, soil, water, etc) and minimise chemical inputs To reduce reliance on fossil fuels

EU Foodjectives Farmers’ livelihoods is from selling products Vibrant rural communities and economies - safeguards small scale family farming Protect and enhance biological and agricultural diversity, landscapes Climate friendly production and consumption

EU Foodjectives Animal health and welfare Sustainable forestry, and not contributing to global deforestation GM-free future for Europe Equitable distribution of global food supplies and consumption of natural resources

Objectives for CAP Public benefits from farming (public money for public goods) Sustainable consumer demand matches sustainable production – awareness and reduce influence of agribusiness Increase protein sufficiency – reduce global land use

Objectives for CAP Optimise use of public funds - Equitable and justifiable and no pressure to reduce budget Enhance global development – global food security and no dumping Europe must allow countries to protect their own agriculture development

Tools for the Beast Targeted support (money and other measures) –Keeping small farmers –Maximum limit for payments –No export subsidies New global trade measures –For people and planet NOT corporations

Tools for the Beast Market regulation (supply and demand management) –Maintain buffer stocks –Import control –Set fair prices –Awareness raising –Product pricing

???????????????????? Who do we target support for and how? How to change power structures – Break up market share? Marketing boards? What kind of trade – open EU market for dev countries? Allow all countries to protect agriculture? How do we regulate agriculture – Tariffs? Quotas? Polluter pays?

Food Sovereignty in Europe