Agriculture, CAP & Rural Development

Understanding agricultural policy through its economic, social, environmental and territorial effects.

Agricultural and rural policy operates across interconnected challenges: farm viability, structural change, employment, environmental performance, generational renewal, land management and the long-term vitality of rural territories. RegioGro examines these relationships through policy evaluation, territorial research and evidence-based analysis.

What this field covers

Our work in this area connects the Common Agricultural Policy with wider rural and territorial development. Relevant themes include CAP implementation and evaluation, rural funding, LEADER, farming systems, agricultural employment, land abandonment and the future structure of European farming.

Key challenges

  • Evaluating CAP effects beyond programme outputs.
  • Understanding differences between territories and farming systems.
  • Connecting agricultural support with wider rural-development needs.
  • Responding to farm structural change and generational renewal.
  • Understanding the causes and consequences of land abandonment.
  • Assessing how local and community-led approaches contribute to territorial development.

How RegioGro supports this field

Relevant services include Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning, Research & Data Analysis and Policy & Regulatory Development.

Methods and evidence

Policy analysis, intervention logic, indicator analysis, quantitative research, stakeholder interviews, case studies, comparative analysis and territorial research.

Selected projects

Working on an agricultural or rural policy question? Explore our related projects or discuss the assignment with RegioGro.

This is one of the strongest RegioGro expertise clusters in the current project evidence, with work covering CAP, rural funding, farming employment, land abandonment, LEADER and territorial impacts.