1. Your Agriculture

3. What is the challenge? What can policy do? What can you do?

4. What is the challenge? What can policy do? What can you do?

5. What do we expect from farmers? Produce enough food of good quality and at reasonable pricesProduce enough food of good quality and at reasonable prices Produce energy and other productsProduce energy and other products What is the challenge?

6. Take care of our environment What do we expect from farmers? What is the challenge?

8. Help maintain a lively countryside What do we expect from farmers? What is the challenge?

10. But they face major challenges… Produce: forProduce: for a growing global population in a changing world Produce better: in a sustainable wayProduce better: in a sustainable way Produce with less: less water, less energyProduce with less: less water, less energy What is the challenge?

11. What can policy do? What can you do?

12. A policy to support farmers What can policy do?

14. The EU supports farmers with public money as they… farmers …produce safe food and other essential products to high standards…produce safe food and other essential products to high standards …care for the natural environment…care for the natural environment … help keeping the countryside alive… help keeping the countryside alive What can policy do?

16. …but also as they have to face new challenges Combating and adapting to climate changeCombating and adapting to climate change Food securityFood security Safeguarding biodiversitySafeguarding biodiversity Safeguarding water resourcesSafeguarding water resources What can policy do?

18. ↓ Summer rainfall ↑ Winter storms, floods ↑ Length growing season, yields ↑ Suitable farmland ↑ Pests, diseases risks ↓ Summer rainfall ↑ Winter storms, floods ↑ Risk, drought, water stress ↑ Soil erosion risk ↑ Yields, range of crops ↓ Water availability ↑ Risk drought, heat spells ↑ Soil erosion risk ↓ Optimal crop areas ↓ Animal health, welfare ↑ Flood risk ↑ Hotter and drier summers ↑ Risk crop pests, diseases ↑ Crop, forage yields Climate Change

19. A policy to improve the environment What can policy do?

20. Rural development programs in particular Agri-environmental & Afforestation schemesRural development programs in particular Agri-environmental & Afforestation schemes Natura 2000 Natura 2000 Greening proposals Greening proposals What can policy do?

22. A policy to support the wider development of our countryside What can policy do?

23. Concentration of production in most favourable areas What if we withdraw public support? What can policy do?

24. What if we withdraw public support? Land abandonment What can policy do?

25. What is the challenge? What can policy do? What can you do?

26. Food waste creates extra greenhouse gas emissions = What can you do?

27. It’s up to us to reduce food waste What can you do?

28. It’s up to us to make our good choices ORIGIN What can you do?

29. It’s up to us to make our good choices What can you do?

30. Conclusion Agriculture meets several essential needs of our society EU has a Common Agricultural Policy that helps farmers to meet these needs

31. Thank you for your attention

32. Average farmer’s income as % of average worker’s income (all sectors) in EU Back to previous slide