Common agricultural policy
Briefing
12-01-2018
After World War II, Europe was in pieces, devastated and facing a shortage of food. The main objective of the European Coal and Steel Community, a new institution set up in 1952, was therefore to work to unite a fragmented Europe. Lack of food was one of earliest challenges; action at European level was necessary in order to make Europe self-sufficient in food and to secure an adequate food supply and the free flow of food and agricultural products within Europe. The common agricultural policy (CAP) was formed in 1962 to ensure that people could have food at affordable prices and that farmers would earn a fair living for their work. CAP is one of the European Union's oldest common polices
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- agricoltura sostenibile
- AGRICOLTURA, SILVICOLTURA E PESCA
- aiuto dell'UE
- analisi economica
- disuguaglianza sociale
- ECONOMIA
- FEAGA
- FEASR
- finanze dell'Unione europea
- GEOGRAFIA
- geografia economica
- habitat rurale
- orientamento produttivo agricolo
- politica agricola
- politica agricola comune
- politica commerciale
- politica economica
- produttività agricola
- quadro sociale
- QUESTIONI SOCIALI
- reddito del coltivatore
- regione e politica regionale
- regolarizzazione del mercato
- SCAMBI ECONOMICI E COMMERCIALI
- stabilizzazione dei redditi
- statistiche dell'UE
- Stato membro UE
- sviluppo rurale
- UNIONE EUROPEA
- urbanistica e edilizia