#common agricultural policy (CAP)

Tractors were stationed line astern outside the presidential palace on Thursday as Cypriot farmers joined a continent-wide protest against planned changes to the European Union’s common agricultural policy and ...

A new digital initiative, Local and Cypriot, is being rolled out to put small and medium local producers on the map and boost the profile of Cyprus’ agri-food sector. Created ...

Over €80 million in benefits have not been claimed from 2014 to date, commissioner for agricultural payments (Capo) Andreas Kyprianou told the House finance committee on Monday. Kyprianou added that 300 young farmers ...

The Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation (CAPO) has disbursed over €2 billion in subsidies since Cyprus joined the European Union, the Commissioner of Agricultural Payments Andreas Kyprianou, said on Friday. Speaking at ...

After two days of intensive negotiations, the text for the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) focusing on farmers was not adopted due to disagreements, with Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou referring ...

The government has €454 million of funding available for Cyprus’ farmers through the European Union’s common agricultural policy, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Friday. Speaking at the opening of ...

The threat of drought should be tackled on a European level, through innovation, technology, investments, political will and cooperation, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou told an informal council meeting in Budapest. ...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou called for the European Union’s common agricultural policy to be “enriched” to support small and medium-sized farms, it was reported on Tuesday. Speaking at a ...

It really is time to challenge the logic of EU farming policy and the way it is formulated. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is hardly ‘fit-for-purpose’ at the best of ...

Farmers’ concerns need to be addressed with a specific set of organised actions, the Green party said on Tuesday. In a letter addressed to Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou, MP Charalambos ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday highlighted the need for complete absorption of EU funds as he received the 2022 annual report from the Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Capo). He stressed this ...

The government is set to allocate €595,000 in European Union funding for the Cypriot winemaking sector at the end of January, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Saturday. Speaking at the ...

A total of €12 million will be allocated to four district action groups with the aim of developing rural areas, it emerged on Wednesday. Within the framework of the EU’s 2023...

Funding for the agriculture sector from 2023 to 2027 will exceed €450 million, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday presenting the government’s policy for the sector. Kadis said the aim is ...

The Cyprus agricultural payments organisation (Koap) has contributed a total of €717,900.16 to a programme aimed to instil healthy eating habits in school-aged children, the organisation announced on Tuesday. A correct ...

Young farmers have shown a huge interest in state subsidies with applications reaching €10 million, double the amount of the available budget, the Cyprus agriculture payments organisation (Capo) said on Monday. ...

The EU Commission on Friday approved the strategic plans of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for Cyprus and Italy, worth €373 million and €26.61 billion respectively. Of the total EU budget for ...

Cyprus plans to spend €461.9m on the agricultural sector over the five-year period of 2023-2027, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday after cabinet approved the country’s strategic plan ...

The catastrophic failure that is the EU’s agricultural policy, CAP Farmers should receive state support because they are vital to a vital sector and it can be very hard – ...