Food, Farming, Fisheries

Class description

At the overall class level, users are interested in rules; product information; statistics; food safety/quality, together with production methods and technology.

The Food, Farming, Fisheries class comprises ten main sections:

food safety and quality – 'from farm to fork'
farming methods, including organic farming, together with production figures
fishing methods and production figures
forestry methods and production figures
sustainability and natural resources, together with EU actions
trade, international imports/exports, markets, pricing and trade agreements
plants and plant products; animals and animal products
EU country-specific information (statistics, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reports, country profiles, competent authorities…)
key EU policies, such as the CAP, the Common Fisheries Policy and rural development

The majority of content in the first four sections - Food safety and quality (DG Health and Food Safety); Farming (DG Agriculture and Rural Development); Fishing (DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) and Forestry (DG Agriculture and Rural Development) - is mapped to the content of the DG responsible, with possible links from the Trade, Eur-lex and Eurostat websites and links to related content in the law, environment, strategy, research and innovation and funding classes, as well as Eurostat.

Original research

As with other classes, the Food, Farming, Fisheries class architecture is based on research and analysis of top tasks, user needs,
organisational goals and analytics.

The top task and organisational goals are listed below. Data provided by Europa Analytics.

Note that the original class name "Food, Farming" has been modified since the architecture building exercise.

List of tasks included in this class

Task ranking	Task	Total vote	Task category
16	Food, Farming (production and safety)	1,7%	Medium task
		2%

Organisational goals

improve citizens' perceptions of the EU
promote and raise awareness about/show results of projects/EU's work; explain EU's law and rules
share best practices and information on projects
position EU as a strong global actor
support Sustainable Development Goals
improve participation - improve source/quality of contributions on initiatives to attract the right and best proposals and contractors
show the science behind EU policy
ensure transparency (address legal obligation, e.g. CAP)
support priorities: towards a new policy on migration; Jobs and Growth
ensure functioning of single market

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