According to the European Commission, boosting innovation and research in the agricultural sector is key if EU farmers are to produce more with less, and feed billions.
In an effort to help EU farming adjust to future nutritional needs, the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2014-2020 aims at bridging the existing gap between research and farming practice.
“The future agriculture will be (an) agriculture of knowledge,” Phil Hogan, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, recently stressed in an interview with EurActiv.