Agricultural policies should be clearly focussed on helping the broad mass of smallholder farmers to begin the process of transforming from subsistence production to commercial farming. Unfortunately, the record of agricultural performance in the region over the last two decades is very weak, which indicates that the agricultural policies pursued over a long period have been deficient.
This body will be responsible for carrying systemic risk surveillance and assessment at an EU-wide level and, where considered necessary, to translate these assessments into risk warnings and possibly policy recommendations.