The Vision for Agriculture and Food (EC, 2025) is an ambitious roadmap on the future of farming and food in Europe. The roadmap sets the stage for four priority areas: Attractiveness, Competitiveness, Future-proofing and Connection. These priorities will lead to an attractive, competitive, resilient, future-oriented and fair agri-food system.

The Vision will build a competitive and resilient agri-food sector. Key strategies include pursuing international partnerships, diversifying trade relations, and creating new export opportunities. These actions reduce dependencies and mitigate risks from geopolitical or economic instability. Also, increasing resilience through effective risk and crisis management ensures continuity during challenges like climate change or trade disruptions. Additionally, simplifying policies by streamlining regulations fosters innovation and adaptability, making the sector more efficient and competitive in the global market.

Despite the ambition of the Vision, there are many challenges that may prevent its effective realization. This is attracting growing attention from industries, civil society and policy makers. The debate around the Vision and its operationalization in strategic areas (climate, trade and bioeconomy) and sectors (pesticides, fertilizers, animals) has become an important EU policy and regulatory focus.

Is the growing attention around the EU’s agricultural and food vision justified? How critical the operationalization of the Vision will be for the EU agrifood sector ?  How may competitiveness and resilience co-exist and be synergic? How the new regulatory framework will differ from the extant one?  What are the economic and regulatory preconditions that may hinder the growth of the agrifood industries, and how the obstacles be overcome? Which technologies hold the most promise in terms of cost-efficiency and long-term resilience and sustainability ? These are some of the crucial questions we will explore in the context of the EU’s Vision for Agriculture and Food, as we examine the challenges and opportunities in transforming Europe’s agri-food system, particularly within the areas of climate, trade, and bioeconomy.

• Novelties of the Vision on Agriculture and Food
• Competitiveness and reliance trade offs
• Climate policies in agriculture
• Trade standards
• Pesticides use and regulations
• Fertilizers use and dependencies
• Future of protein supply
• Development of the livestock sector

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

• Identify how the new regulatory framework will differ from extant one
• Understand the priorities of the Vision for Agriculture, with emphasis on the competitiveness and resilience dimensions
• Analyse and interpret the potential impacts of the new regulations on pesticides, fertilizers, and animals industries.
• Highlight economic, legal and regulatory challenges of the Vision
• Formulate arguments regarding the latest advancements in the sector and propose solutions for an effective implementation of the Vision.

Registration is open to all professionals (professionals, institutions, associations, academics and researchers) following the debate on the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food who are interested in having a deeper understanding of the future of the EU Agrifood sector and the new regulatory framework.

No specific background is required.

This training course is given in English.

• General fee: 1000 €
• Students (with certificate of current studies**): 440 €
• Associate donors fee (10%): 900 €
• Major donors fee (20%): 800 €
• Star donors fee (25%): 750 €

Discounts 

Special offer for group enrolments: 10% discount from 5 participants from the same organisation

Contact: fsr.secretariat@eui.eu 

Cancellation policy 

Paid registration fee is non-refundable. However, registrant substitution may be made up to 20 days before the start date of the course. 

For more information, please read the full FSR cancellation policy.

*Please kindly send your certificate of current studies with the stamp of your university to FSR secretariat (fsr.secretariat@eui.eu).
The start and end dates of your studies should also be clearly mentioned on the document. Please make sure that your period of studies fully covers the training course duration.