The European Board on Agriculture and Food, a new expert group established by the European Commission, will play a central role on guiding the future for agriculture in Europe. The group is made up of sectoral associations, NGOs, and other parties with a limited range of expertise in the realities of livestock farming. As part of the Vision for the Future of Agriculture and Food, a Livestock Workstream has also been created to debate livestock-specific challenges and opportunities, but it is not yet clear how the workstream will feed into the Vision and the work of the EBAF.
Following on from our meeting on 19 June where academics discussed the various contributions of livestock beyond food production, this meeting will give the floor to professionals from the field – literally! Different farming practices, different animal species all require different directions, different solutions, and all have different ways to be sustainable. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution for the livestock sector as a whole.
This meeting will be an opportunity to hear directly from farmers and industry professionals about their vision for the future of their sectors and their expectations for EU policies to advance the sustainability of the sector.
📅 10th JULY | 🕑 10:00–12:00 PM | 📍 European Parliament Strasbourg
Welcome Speeches
I. Opening
II. What if we asked farmers about their vision for the future of livestock farming?
Industry professionals and farmers will present their views for the future of their sector, highlighting that there is no one-size-fits-all solution as each sector can be sustainable in different ways.
III. Exchange of views with MEPs
🗣 25 min discussion with selected speakers
🗣 25 min of open discussion with participants in the room
The European Board on Agriculture and Food, a new expert group established by the European Commission, will play a central role on guiding the future for agriculture in Europe.
The future of livestock is not just an agricultural issue, so it deserves to be addressed in depth, considering all the sector’s externalities.
The inaugural meeting of the Intergroup opened with a discussion on a hot topic.
