If farmers are supported to take climate-smart actions, the European Union could reduce its agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 6%, restore soil health of over 14% of its total agricultural land, and add between €1.9bn and €9.3 billion annually to farmers’ incomes. This report, written as part of the broader effort of the 100 Million Farmers’ EU Carbon+ Farming Coalition, in collaboration with Deloitte and NTT Data, makes recommendations on how to work with farmers to achieve these results.

The EU Carbon+ Farming Coalition designed and implemented a survey that asked farmers from seven countries, making up a majority of the EU farmer base, about the main barriers to scaling climate-smart agricultural solutions. These included: challenging farm economics, lack of awareness, uneven technology adoption and fragmentation of policies at the national level.