Following the publication of the conservative EU Commissioner Christophe Hansen's Vision for Agriculture and Food for 2040 in February, some declared the Green Deal and Farm-to-Fork Strategy 'history'. The lack of information about specific targets led many to question what Commissioner Hansen's vision of an "attractive, competitive, resilient, future-oriented and fair agri-food system for current and future generations of farmers and agri-food operators" would be. This was particularly the case for sustainable agriculture in general and organic farming specifically. 

Key topics discussed

• How could the vision affect the agricultural sector and the future of organic farming? 
• Aspects of competitiveness and fair prices in agriculture
• How could administrative simplification work in practice for farmers? 
• Key gaps in the vision relating to sustainable food consumption 
• Intergenerational renewal, innovation and market-based approaches in the context of their future role in sustainable agricultural production in the EU

Guests

• Hansjürg Jäger, lecturer in agrarian policies and markets at Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL), hansjuerg.jaeger@bfh.ch 
• Jürn Sanders, chairman of the FiBL management, boardpresident FiBL Europe, juern.sanders@fibl.org

Moderated by: Sabine Reinecke, policy analyst at FiBL, sabine.reinecke@fibl.org

Introduction spoken by: Lauren Dietemann

Produced by: Adrian Krebs and Benny Christ

Further information

European Commissions Media Release for the presentation of the Vision for Agriculture and Food