Farmers' anger: what is fallowing, and why is this practice controversial?. A provision in the CAP 2023 requires farmers to leave at least 4% of arable (cultivable) land fallow or in agroecological infrastructure.
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a partial derogation in 2024, provided that farmers reach 7% of intermediate or nitrogen-fixing crops. A “late” and “limited” proposal, regrets Copa-Cogeca, the organization of the majority agricultural unions in the EU.