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Mission

The mission of the Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy Unit is to assess developments in the fields of Agriculture, Food and Health and to provide customer-driven support to the European Union’s policy-making process in the respective policy areas.

Objectives

  • Analyse the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and World Trade Organisation (WTO) developments, on agro-food commodity market and prices
  • Study the impact of the CAP reform on structural changes of farming systems and their viability, particularly in new member states and candidate countries
  • Support the development of the Rural Development policy
  • Study the impact of new technologies and emerging systems on agriculture and the food chain
  • Assess the impact of new biotechnologies on major European policies.

Scientific actions

 

additional information

Head of unit: Jacques Délincé
Web site: http://agrilife.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Contact the Agriculture and Life Sciences in the Economy Unit

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