date:Dec 09, 2019
and adequate income for farmers. Direct payments to the 6.4 million farmers in the 28 member states account for 41 billion per year. Alongside these direct payments, the CAP includes specific instruments for preventing and managing risks and crises in the agricultural sector.
For example, insurance and mutual funds can be used to stabilize farm income. There are also exceptional measures which are intended to stabilise the market as a whole in the event of serious disturbance, such as when Rus