Dataharvest EIJC 2022

Each year, the EU spends around €55 billion on subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy. In principle, the beneficiaries of these funds are made public, that’s stated in the regulation. In reality it’s a bit more complicated: Data are presented by national governments, they may be in different formats or – as data journalists say – the data are dirty. This year, in collaboration with Frag Den Staat / Open Knowledge Foundation Germany we have initated an update of the Farmsubsidy.org data collection. The policy was developed in the late 1950s.
Several decades passed and the political, societal and environmental needs have changed. But as other subsidy policies also the EU’s common agricultural policy has created new structures that are hard to change. So if you’re interested in food supply and distribution, food prices, public health, small farms, the environment and biodiversity, the climate or economic inequality in general, do join us for this data buffet and see which data are available relating to your part of Europe or your field of topics. The Farmsubsidy.org data experts will be there to explain how to use the data.