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Consumers should be nudged into a more climate-smart and healthy diet (Photo: Alex O'Neal)

EU needs a modern food policy

by Louise O. Fresco and Krijn J. Poppe, Wageningen, the Netherlands,

Agriculture is back on the European agenda.

Decisions are needed on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which accounts for nearly 40 percent of the EU budget.

Last week agricultural ministers met in France to declare that the CAP should be more ambitious, although Brexit means a big net-contributor will leave. We agree and argue that the CAP should be broadened in scope to encompass the entire food chain.

There is little public support for the current leve...

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