We are pleased to invite you to MEF4CAP's final event, taking place on 13 December 2023 in the BIP Meeting Centre located at Place Royale 11, Brussels.
Invitation to the MEF4CAP Innovation Agenda Workshop
An overview of demonstration case two, in Greece, in which a data aggregation platform was developed to illustrate the potential of aggregated data to aid with the monitoring and evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to support farmers and their advisors with improving farming practices.
An overview of demonstration case two, which took place in Spain and focused on developing a digital farm book that would be beneficial for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food and farmers and their advisors.
An overview of demonstration case four, in Spain, which focused on developing low-cost methods for farmers to comply with Spanish extensive grazing eco-schemes.
Invitation to the MEF4CAP Interactive Reflection Workshop
As the project entered its final year, in late November 2022, the MEF4CAP team met in Thessaloniki, Greece – for the first time in-person – to review the project so far and define the next steps.
A broader range of data on EU farming practices is one of the prerequisites to better address the sustainability challenges of the EU’s agricultural sector. The new Farm Sustainability Data Network is a step in that direction, but it is not clear yet which new indicators it will prioritize. Can the MEF4CAP list of indicators provide some inspiration?
Earlier this month, the second MEF4CAP workshop invited stakeholders to explore the potential of technology to meet the new data needs in the context of future CAP monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
With keynote presentations by WWF, the European Council of Young Farmers and the European Commission, the first MEF4CAP stakeholder workshop officially kickstarted the project. The crucial task of identifying new data needs to evaluate the CAP’s sustainability impacts has now begun.
While technology alone will not solve the agricultural sector’s sustainability challenges, satellites, remote sensors and digitialisation offer promising yields in our understanding of the on-farm environmental and economic situation. If careful and deliberate integration takes place, that is.
