Executive Course on the Vision for Agriculture and Food
Ensuring a Sustainable and Competitive Future for EU Agriculture
The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2028–2034 comes at a moment of significant transition for European agriculture. Farmers face rising input costs, climate-related shocks, geopolitical uncertainty, and growing expectations around sustainability. In this context, the CAP reform is more than an adjustment of financial instruments: it is a rethinking of how Europe intends to support farm incomes while strengthening competitiveness and long-term resilience.
This intensive 3-day online course will explore the key strategies behind the Vision, including international trade partnerships, risk management, and regulatory simplification. Participants will engage in discussions on the economic and regulatory challenges, the role of technology in sustainability, and the impact of climate, trade, and bioeconomy policies on the agri-food sector.
Through expert insights and interactive sessions, this course will help professionals navigate the shifting regulatory landscape, assess growth opportunities, and develop strategies to enhance resilience and competitiveness in the EU’s evolving agricultural framework.
The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2028–2034 comes at a moment of significant transition for European agriculture. Farmers face rising input costs, climate-related shocks, geopolitical uncertainty, and growing expectations around sustainability. In this context, the CAP reform is more than an adjustment of financial instruments: it is a rethinking of how Europe intends to support farm incomes while strengthening competitiveness and long-term resilience.
The European Commission’s factsheets introduce a substantial redesign of income support, centred on the new Degressive Area-Based Income Support (DABIS). By integrating several existing payments into a single, more coherent structure, DABIS reduces fragmentation and links income support more closely to policy objectives. Its underlying principles are clear: support should reach active farmers, be fairer and more comparable across the EU, and reflect the diversity of European farming systems. The reform gives priority to structurally vulnerable groups—including young and new farmers, women, small
farms, and those operating in areas with natural constraints—while mandatory degressivity and capping redirect resources away from land concentration and toward resilience-building. Member States’ Partnership Plans will ultimately determine how these principles translate into practice.
It is within this evolving policy landscape that the Vision for Agriculture and Food (EC, 2025) should be understood. The Vision provides strategic direction for shaping a fairer and more competitive CAP, built around four priorities—Attractiveness, Competitiveness, Future-proofing, and Connection—which together aim to support a more dynamic, resilient, and globally connected agri-food system. It emphasises diversified trade relations, crisis preparedness, regulatory simplification, and technological innovation as essential for future resilience. Yet its operationalisation will require careful choices in areas such as climate, trade, and the bioeconomy, where economic, social, and environmental interests often intersect.
This intensive online training will engage you for three full days, exploring key elements of the CAP reform and the Vision, and helping you understand the new strategic, targeted, and forward-looking policies that will shape European agriculture.
- 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.
At the end of the course, the participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Each year, the Florence School of Regulation – Energy and Climate (FSR Energy & Climate) awards scholarships for a wide variety of training courses targeting a broad audience of professionals and academics.
Applications will be assessed by a Selection Committee of FSR members on a yearly basis. The successful candidates will be informed after February 2026 and will be provided with all relevant information on how to enroll in the online course or residential training of their choice.
Send your application by 25 January 2026.
- 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
A 10% discount is available for groups of 5 or more participants from the same organisation. Please note that this discount cannot be combined with student discounts or donor free seat offers.
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.Conferences@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.
