# CAP reform: From sustainable feed to sustainable food - IPES-Food

> Researchers Olivier De Schutter, Oscar Rivas and Karin Nansen criticise the EU Common Agricultural Policy debate for focusing on budget size rather than sustainable food systems. They welcome the German-Hungarian European Soya Declaration, which seeks more EU protein feed production, especially soy, in Central and Eastern Europe.

- Date: 2017-11-07 · published 2017-11-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68000-cap-reform-from-sustainable-feed-to-sustainable-food-ipes-food
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A policy push to expand European soy and protein feed production could over time reduce reliance on imported soybean meal, a mildly bearish factor for import demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-04-14 | [Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14849-food-security-drives-china-to-cut-soymeal-use-in-animal-feed-reuters.md) | -1.7% | -7.5% |
| SBM | 2021-10-18 | [Sutralis - Food & Feed Experts in France](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44679-sutralis-food-and-feed-experts-in-france.md) | +2.5% | +10.4% |
| SBM | 2024-03-05 | [EUDR: Is the food industry ready to prove its supply chains are deforestation-free?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31226-eudr-is-the-food-industry-ready-to-prove-its-supply-chains-are-deforestation.md) | +0.6% | -3.2% |
| SBM | 2021-05-05 | [China reshapes poultry feed formulations - Poultry World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47205-china-reshapes-poultry-feed-formulations-poultry-world.md) | +5.7% | -5.7% |
| SBM | 2021-04-21 | [Reshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47641-reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-to-change-animal-feed-recipes-reuters.md) | +3.5% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2023-04-14 | [Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14849-food-security-drives-china-to-cut-soymeal-use-in-animal-feed-reuters.md) | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2024-03-05 | [EUDR: Is the food industry ready to prove its supply chains are deforestation-free?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31226-eudr-is-the-food-industry-ready-to-prove-its-supply-chains-are-deforestation.md) | +1.6% | +2.4% |
| SOY | 2024-10-09 | [Big Traders’ Plans for Sustainable Crops Upended by EU Delay - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27895-big-traders-plans-for-sustainable-crops-upended-by-eu-delay-bloomberg.md) | -2.5% | -2.2% |

## Sources

- ipes-food.org: https://ipes-food.org/cap-reform-from-sustainable-feed-to-sustainable-food/

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