Future-proofing the vision for agriculture and food

July 11, 2025
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The European Commission’s vision for agriculture and food aims to ensure the agricultural sector’s long-term competitiveness and sustainability. We have provided a pre-legislative foresight analysis to future-proof this vision, with a foresight wind-tunnelling exercise. Twelve carefully-chosen vision statements were tested against four plausible future scenarios for their robustness and future-readiness. The study highlights the need for more policy coherence and better coordination to address complex challenges for the agricultural and food sector, such as climate change and social inequalities. This requires a proactive and holistic approach from EU policymakers to achieve this vision, while taking into account different plausible future conditions in which we might need to live.
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