EU: Brussels advances some clues to guarantee the future of the pork sector

The European Commission unveiled on August 30 some of the measures it intends to propose to help the pigmeat sector, including greater cooperation between producer organizations, the development of organic production or a better use of biological waste. But above all, it has called on the Member States to use the instruments available in the CAP. At the end of January, the EU pigmeat think tank presented its recommendations to promote a more sustainable sector; The Agricultural Council, which discussed them in March, asked the European Commission to present proposals in various fields (instruments for producer organizations, enhancement of EU protein sources, promotion of Community quality and production standards... ). However, the Commission considers that it is mainly the EU Member States that should act and use the support possibilities available to them thanks mainly to the CAP strategic plans. During a debate with the Committee on Agriculture of the European Parliament ...