Special Eurobarometer 336: Europeans, Agriculture and the Common Agricultural Policy

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural development has been keen to measure public opinion on agriculture and the CAP, in order to see how citizens view such matters in general and to gauge their reactions to policy developments. The Eurobarometer has measured opinion on agriculture since 2005 and this survey presents fresh results on what Europeans think about this subject. The Special Eurobarometer 336 tracks a number of areas, including: • The importance of agriculture and rural areas; • Knowledge of agricultural issues and of the CAP • Public priorities for EU agricultural policy; • Performance of the CAP against various policy areas; • The main responsibilities of farmers; • The adequacy of the CAP budget; and • Attitudes to future financial support for farmers. In addition, this survey also introduces a number of new questions such as: • Whether various policy areas should be managed at the European, national or regional level; • Agriculture and climate change; • Production of organic products and renewable energy, as well as biotechnology; and • Key reasons for maintaining farming in the EU. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)