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Farmer protests in 2024 raised a number of issues, including overly complex CAP 2023-2027 rules and excessive red tape, leading the Council of the EU to repeatedly call for measures to simplify the CAP rules.
Urban agriculture has been essential since the first cities were established, ensuring food security through practices such as irrigation and composting.
The EU supports the transition towards sustainable agrifood systems. While total EU GHG emissions have dropped by a third since 1990, emissions from agrifood systems have fallen more slowly.
‘Food security’ is widely understood to mean ‘when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life’.