Library Guides: European Union: Food & Agriculture

Agencies

Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Section. From the EESC. Responsible for their work on policies related to agriculture and environment, sustainable development and climate change.

Commission for Natural Resources (NAT). From the Committee on the Regions. Addresses agriculture, fisheries, maritime policies, etc. from a regional perspective.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. From the European Parliament. Responsible for scrutinizing the Commission's work related to agricultural policy.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. From the European Parliament. Works to address issues like pollution, food information, waste management, and biodiversity.

European Food Safety Authority. Independent EU agency that provides scientific advice and communications on EU food safety risks.

Food Farming and Fisheries. The European Commission's Directorate-General responsible for the implementation of agriculture and rural development policy.

Publications - From the EU Bookshop.

Selected Legislation

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Contention EU Policy subsidizing EU farmers by providing price guarantees, direct payments and tariffs on some imported produce.

Common Fisheries Policy. CFP is a set of rules for managing European fishing fleets and for conserving fish stocks.

Summary of EU Legislation: Agriculture. From Eurlex.

Summary of EU Legislation: Food Safety. From Eurlex.

Publications

EU Policy for Agriculture, Food and Rural Areas
There is increased attention at both EU and Member-State levels to food quality, food safety and animal welfare, as there is also to the environment and the development of rural areas. The Union is thus becoming a leader in food and rural policies.
The Common Agricultural Policy and Organic Farming
Enhances the understanding of change within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in regard to organic farming. The contents cover institutional change within the CAP and focus on the institutional construction policy concerned with organic farming.
Globalization and European Integration
This book interprets the Common Agricultural Policy in the context of the broader processes of globalization, especially as those processes link to the organization of interests in the farm sector and the long-standing corporatist relationships between farmers and the state.
Fisheries Issues in WTO and ACP-EU Trade Negotiations
Three papers presented at a meeting of African, Caribbean and Pacific Fisheries and Trade experts in April 2003. The meeting’s primary concerns were the future of relations between the ACP and the EU, and preparing ACP countries for Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.

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