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CAP and Food
For more information
on the CAP and Food
programme, please contact:
Melanie Muro
Acting Head of programme
Sustainable food systems
Moving to a farming system that provides sufficient food to feed the world’s population, whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts, requires significant changes on the consumption side, including increases in plant based and alternative protein sources. It is also important that actors in the middle of the supply chain, such as processors and retailers, play their role in the transition to healthy and sustainable food chains.
Our priorities in this area:
Identifying policy options and governance models for sustainable food systems in Europe, whilst taking into account impacts outside the EU.
Promoting policy innovation to address unsustainable diets and consumption patterns, addressing environmental and health simultaneously.
Furthering knowledge and understanding of the land use and environmental impacts of different consumption-side changes.
Latest news
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European protein diversification is increasingly gaining momentum as a pathway to reach Europe’s 2040 climate targets, improve food security, mitigate environmental crises and enable healthy ...
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In this podcast we explore the challenges of financing the transition towards sustainable agri-food systems and the existing tools and policy instruments that could support ...
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The EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy was designed to ‘accelerate the transition to a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system’. It sets a range ...
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In this podcast we talk about the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP28 - which took place in Dubai in December, and which marked ...
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IEEP participated at COP28, conveying the sense of urgency of taking collective action to reduce global temperature rise and safeguard the planet’s ecosystems. In this ...
Latest publications
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This report addresses the dual role of nitrogen in food systems: as an essential nutrient for all life forms, and as a polluter and contributor ...
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One of the biggest inefficiencies of the agri-food chain is food waste, a fast-growing phenomenon whose very existence seriously challenges planetary boundaries. One-third of all ...
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Europe’s agricultural sector is facing unprecedented challenges, from global food crises to the pressure of transitioning towards a more sustainable and healthy food system. This ...
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Addressing the challenges of sustainable food systems in Africa requires not only groundbreaking research but also effective mechanisms for the uptake and scaling of innovations. ...
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Innovation plays a critical role in advancing the ecological transition of food systems in the face of ongoing crises such as climate change, geopolitical instability, ...
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Research and Innovation (R&I) are essential for farming systems adapting to operate in the face of planetary challenges of global warming, biodiversity loss and natural ...