In a letter to Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloş, the Lords' EU Committee says the Commission is missing the opportunity to redirect money in the 2014-2020 round of funding for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards research and innovation. But the letter supports the EU executive's decision to strengthen funding for research in the CAP's second pillar - which provides support for rural development and preservation. The much larger first pillar provides direct payments to farmers.
In a letter to Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloş, the Lords' EU Committee says the Commission is missing the opportunity to redirect money in the 2014-2020 round of funding for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards research and innovation.
But the letter supports the EU executive's decision to strengthen funding for research in the CAP's second pillar - which provides support for rural development and preservation. The much larger first pillar provides direct payments to farmers.
