Organic farming: local leaders call for a stronger role in the implementation and evaluation of the action plan

Greens member Uroš Brežan presented the draft opinion ‘EU action plan for organic farming’ in the CoR Plenary Session on 2 December. The amended opinion was adopted unanimously. 

The Mayor of the Slovenian Municipality of Tolmin said: ‘Increasing support to organic farming is urgent, in order to ensure the achievement of the 25% target of agricultural land devoted to organics by 2030. We must ensure that the next Common Agricultural Policy will contribute to the European Green Deal and to the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies’ targets. Local and regional authorities have a key role in the creation and development of “biodistricts” and structuring the organic sector. Thus, local and regional authorities should be closely associated in both the implementation and the evaluation of the action plan through a network at the regional level. We call the Commission to set up such a network.’

Read the full press statement here .​