ENRD Workshop on Pathways to farm competitiveness through the CAP

This workshop provided an overview of the implementation of current EAFRD measures contributing to improving competitiveness and efficiency of farm holdings and it will explore other types of interventions and factors, beyond investments, contributing to the creation of an enabling environment for increasing farm competitiveness.

The event also provided participants with an occasion to exchange experiences and views on bottlenecks encountered and good practices implemented at Member State level and to discuss how to design an effective strategy and targeted interventions to deliver farm competitiveness in the future CAP Strategic Plans.

The workshop was primarily addressed to representatives of Member States and regions, Managing Authorities of Rural Development Programmes and Paying Agencies. It featured a mixture of presentations, discussions and group work.

Background documents

Presentations

Plenary

Farm competitiveness in the CAP: past, present and future, Tassos Haniotis, Director DG AGRI
Implementation of competitiveness support under the current RDPs - Lessons learned, Jose Manuel Hernandez Luque, DG AGRI
Alternative and innovative ways of increasing farm competitiveness, Mr Gerry Gunning, Irish Farmers' Association /COPA-COGECA
Concrete experiences on the ground:
- 'Developing express-tests for diagnosing mastitis – MAVAS', Hardi Tamm, Estonia
- 'Brännland Cider', Andreas Sundgren Graniti, Sweden
Enhancing farm competitiveness in the new CAP, Chiara Dellapasqua, DG AGRI

Group work 1: Experiences from Member States – group discussions

'Selection criteria', Lana Bačura, Croatian Managing Authority
'Targeting harder to reach farm types', Ioana Alexandra Dediu, Romanian Managing Authority (coming soon)

Group work 2: Parallel group discussions with a focus on the future CAP