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Source: https://www.crea.gov.it/-/green-deal-europeo-il-crea-in-audizione-alla-camera-dei-deputati-per-
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The EU supports farmers financially and encourages sustainable and environmentally friendly practices, as
well as investing in the development of rural areas. The EU institutions cooperate in the design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of food and agricultural policies. With reference to the
objectives of the European Green Deal, the EU aims at a strategy called “From Farm to Fork” which
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includes measures, including legislation, to significantly reduce the use of chemical pesticides and related
risks, as well as the use of fertilizers and antibiotics in agriculture, aiming at a healthier and more
sustainable European food system, the cornerstone of the European Green Deal (reduce the use and risk of
chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030; reduce the use of more dangerous pesticides by 50% by 2030; reduce
nutrient losses by at least 50%, while ensuring that there is no deterioration in soil fertility; reduce
fertiliser use by at least 20% by 2030). Organic farming is an environmentally friendly practice that needs
to be further developed.

The Commission will promote the development of the EU organic farming area to achieve (25% of total
agricultural land) organic farming by 2030.

„The coronavirus crisis has shown how vulnerable we all are and how important it is to restore the balance
between human activity and nature. At the heart of the Green Deal, the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork
strategies,” said Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, „aim
to achieve a new and better balance between nature, food systems and biodiversity; to protect the health
and well-being of our people and, at the same time, to increase the EU’s competitiveness and resilience.
These strategies are a crucial part of the great transition we are undertaking”.

1 https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/actions-being-taken-eu/farm-fork_en