The keys of the future Common Agriculture Project

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The keys of the future Common Agriculture Project

• Hervé COUPEAU, member of the European economic
  and social comity

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Context

• Demand
• Liberalism
• European Commission

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Farm products demand increase

• World food demand ?
• Non-food production demand ?

• ? European agriculture will have to produce !

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Liberalism effects

• Instability of the world markets will ?
• Does European agriculture be competitive?

• ? European agriculture needs a common policy

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The vision of the Commission

• Lets do the markets ? prices ?
• And without tools !

• ? Lets propose something better for our future

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European agriculture objectives

• Food
• Employment territory
• Environment

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Agriculture, a European food producer

• Food accessibility
• Food safety
• Food quality diversity

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Agriculture, a European employer

• Numerous farmers all over the European territory
• Jobs in a whole economic sector (agribusiness)
• Rural areas economic vitality !

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Agriculture, a worker for environment

• Fight against green house effect
• A permanent CO2 captor
• A supplier of bioenergies biomaterials
• Preservation of the environment
• (landscape builder)

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New farm project
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New European farm project

• European Food chain organisation
• regroup supply
• adjust supply / demand

Risk management (climate, sanitary)
Accompaniment measures
Durability
Stability
Good Prices
European Budget food chain contribution
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New world organisation for agriculture
FAO
OIS
OIT
OMS
FMI
BM
Cooperation between all international institutions
with economical, environmental and social aspects
Political framework
OMC
For fair and durable international exchanges