# European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is a committee of the European Parliament.

## Responsibilities of the Committee

AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for:
* The operation and development of the Common Agricultural Policy
* Rural development (including the activities of the relevant financial instruments)
* Legislation on:
** Veterinary and plant-health matters, animal feedingstuffs provided such measures are not intended to protect against risks to human health
** Animal husbandry and welfare
* Improvements in the quality of agricultural products
* Supplies of raw materials for agriculture
* The Community Plant Variety Office
* Forestry

## Members, 8th Parliament

| European People's Party | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | European Conservatives and Reformists | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Czesław Siekierski, Poland, Chair Daniel Buda, Romania Michel Dantin, France Albert Dess, Germany Herbert Dorfmann, Italy Norbert Erdős, Hungary Esther Herranz García, Spain Peter Jahr, Germany Jarosław Kalinowski, Poland Elisabeth Köstinger, Austria Mairead McGuinness, Ireland Nuno Melo, Portugal Marijana Petir, Croatia | Éric Andrieu, France, Vice-Chair Clara Aguilera García, Spain, Vice-Chair Vasilica Dăncilă, Romania, Vice-Chair Paul Brannen, United Kingdom Nicola Caputo, Italy Paolo De Castro, Italy Maria Noichl, Germany Constantin Rebega, Romania Marc Tarabella, Belgium | Janusz Wojciechowski, Poland, Vice-Chair Richard Ashworth, United Kingdom Beata Gosiewska, Poland Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Poland Jim Nicholson, United Kingdom | Jan Huitema, Netherlands Ulrike Müller, Germany Marit Paulsen, Sweden Jens Rohde, Denmark |
| European United Left–Nordic Green Left | The Greens–European Free Alliance | Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy | Non-Inscrits |
| Matt Carthy, Ireland Luke 'Ming' Flanagan, Ireland Anja Hazekamp, Netherlands Lidia Senra, Spain | José Bové, France Martin Häusling, Germany Bronis Ropė, Lithuania Jordi Sebastià, Spain | Stuart Agnew, United Kingdom Giulia Moi, Italy Marco Zullo, Italy | Diane Dodds, United Kingdom Édouard Ferrand, France Philippe Loiseau, France |
Those members listed as United Kingdom members are no longer members of the Committee.

## Research service

The Committee is directly supported by a research service, the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies. Most of its research studies and briefings are published online. The research reports do not necessarily reflect the view of the Committee.
Recent publications (as of September 2018):
Towards the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020: comparing the reform package with the current regulations
The revival of wolves and other large predators and its impact on farmers and their livelihood in rural regions of Europe
Agricultural trade: assessing reciprocity of standards
Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in the EU
Towards the CAP post 2020 – Appraisal of the EC Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’ of 29 November 2017
#FutureofCAP
Implications of ‘Brexit’ for the EU agri-food sector and the CAP: budgetary, trade and institutional issues
EU – UK agricultural trade: state of play and possible impacts of Brexit
Possible transitional arrangements related to agriculture in the light of the future EU – UK relationship: institutional issues
Young farmers – Policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform
The Consequences of Climate Change for EU Agriculture: Follow-Up to the COP21 UN Paris Climate Change Conference
The EU Cattle Sector: Challenges and Opportunities – Milk and Meat
Policy support for productivity vs.sustainability in EU agriculture: Towards viable farming and green growth
CAP implementation: Flexibility given to Member States – state of play and perspectives
Preserving agricultural soils in the EU
The service also publishes a regular current awareness bulletin on research, documents and news in the fields of agriculture and rural development, titled 'Research for AGRI : News'. Recent editions can be found here on the 'Research for AGRI Committee' site.