This data story dives into the three objectives for rural development under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), explaining the purpose of the objectives and illustrating how open data can be used to understand the state of play, make informed decisions, and track progress within the context of agricultural and rural development.

The EU Food System Dashboard is a tool developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to monitor the sustainability of the EU food system from an environmental, economic and social perspective, based on a set of indicators. This tool will evolve over time, in line with scientific, technical and policy developments. Indicators in the dashboard, or the data used to calculate them, come from publicly accessible official data sources (such as statistics), or peer-reviewed scientific research. When analysed together, these indicators can improve understanding of the state of play and trends in food system sustainability.

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European Commission: Eurostat, Eurostat regional yearbook – 2024 edition, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024

The Eurostat regional yearbook provides you with an overview of economic, social, demographic and environmental developments in the EU regions. It includes data for regions in 27 EU countries, 4 EFTA countries, as well as 9 candidate countries.

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