CAP & Health

Report I Ending routine farm antibiotic use in Europe through improving animal health and welfare

by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2022 | Antimicrobial Resistance | Analysis & Opinion, CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Analysis & Opinion

Achieving deep reductions in farm antibiotics use will require widespread changes in animal husbandry practices towards higher animal welfare, argues a new paper written for EPHA. On 28 January 2022, ambitious rules restricting the use of veterinary antimicrobials...

Modelling study: product-based subsidies can increase supply of healthy foods

by European Public Health Alliance | May 12, 2021 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Publications

A modelling study commissioned by EPHA, implemented by CIHEAM-IAMM, explored the effects of an agricultural producer subsidy on the availability and accessibility of fruits, vegetables and pulses in France. It concluded that product-based subsidies can make an...

End the Cage Age: a call to phase out the use of cages in farming

by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2021 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

EPHA joins calls for the European Commission to implement its promise to phase out caged animal farming. The End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) launched on 11 September 2018 is the 6th ECI to succeed in the last eight years and the first one for...

Open Letter I The new CAP needs Social Conditionality

by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 17, 2021 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

EPHA joins 300+ organisations and academics in calling for raised labour standards in European agriculture and adding social conditionality to the new CAP. 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 DOWNLOAD LETTER 17 February 2021At least ten million people...

Joint policy brief I An agroecology approach to shape policies and transform EU food systems

by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2021 | CAP & Health, Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Publications

This policy paper, supported by EPHA, puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It uses the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to envision how agroecology should be...

Joint letter I Request for transparency in CAP trilogues

by European Public Health Alliance | Nov 30, 2020 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

EPHA joins other NGOs in requesting transparency in the trilogues on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The CAP will spend €387 billion of taxpayers’ money till 2027 and is critical for Europe’s success in addressing a variety of societal issues, including...