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Commission’s official paper on CAP reform ‘stays on track’ says CLA The CLA says that the European Commission's official paper on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) remains on broadly the right track. The Association, which has been arguing for the protection of a fully funded CAP to provide Food and Environmental Security, said the Commission's paper has found the middle-ground between the extremes of "no change" and the drastic withdrawal of all direct support for farmers. CLA President William Worsley said: "The thrust of the paper is to rebalance support more in the direction of paying for environmental services, for which there are no markets, and securing the future of farming in the more marginal extensive grazing areas. "Critically, the paper suggests doing this by adapting Pillar 1. The CLA believes this is the correct direction because there was no support for the alternative of shifting more funds into the co-financed Pillar 2. This paper will unleash intensive discussions about whether, and how, these ideas can be implemented practicably. The CLA aims to remain in the forefront of this debate."" The CLA President added that there are important aspects of the paper with which the CLA disagreed. These include: payment capping, restriction of supports to a narrowly defined concept of "active farmers", reluctance to consider multi-annual payments in Pillar 1, and suggestions to allow more scope for some member states to use voluntary top-ups which could distort markets. There is also a lack of clarity about achieving more objectively defined shares of the Pillar 2 resources. Douglas Chalmers, Director CLA North added: 'It is only this week that the Food and Agriculture Organisation called for farmers to increase food production to meet future demand, but society also wants land to have other uses. 'Through our Food and Environmental Security policy, the CLA will continue to argue that farmers and landowners are paid for these uses'. |
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