Point of view - Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy on the Search for Water Savings: the Point of View of the European Commission

Abstract

In a context of global changes that affect territories' resources and first and foremost water resources (through climate change, but also population growth and the demand for agricultural products), water management for irrigation has become a major concern for the European Union. In this interview, Philippe Lammens, Rural Development programmes manager at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture, takes stock of the mechanisms implemented under the current and future Common Agricultural Policy to achieve more sustainable water use in agriculture.