The CAP plays a decisive role in shaping the incomes of organic farmers across the EU.However, a significant share of CAP support is still based on area payments, which do not always reflect the real costs of organic production or the level of environmental ambition.As a result:• organic farmers delivering high social and public value are not always adequately rewarded, • public goods remain undervalued,• ensuring a stable fair income continues to be a challenge.The future CAP could be the oppor ...

Ifoam Organics Europe

Organic farming delivers food - but it also delivers much more. Organic farmers: • maintain soil fertility without synthetic inputs, • protect water resources, • support biodiversity, • adapting to extreme weather conditionsThese efforts create clear public benefits for society as a whole! The CAP partially rewards farmers' efforts to public good through specific measures. Yet for organic farmers this value is not fully respecting the benefits they provide. Fair income for organic farmers must r ...

Ifoam Organics Europe