Consultation on a New EU Agricultural R&I Strategic Approach
Led by DG AGRI, the European Commission is preparing a new EU Agricultural Research and Innovation (R&I) Strategic Approach, planned for mid-2026. This Strategic Approach aims to secure the long-term competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the EU’s agri-food sector, forestry and rural areas, and contribute to the objectives of the Vision for Agriculture and Food and other Commission initiatives.
The Commission has now opened a public consultation to help prepare this Strategic Approach and enable the co-creation of an EU agricultural R&I strategy. The consultation questionnaire aims to collect feedback from all relevant stakeholders (including researchers and innovators). The stakeholders’ reflections will help identify priority R&I thematic areas, bolster the uptake of new knowledge and innovation by farmers, foresters and rural actors and revamp the whole innovation journey from research to start-ups and scale-ups.
The consultation questionnaire will be open until 25 January 2026.