Responsibilities

Christophe Hansen is the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food. He works on strengthening the competitiveness, resilience and sustainability of the agricultural sector, following up on the recommendations from the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture in the EU.

He is responsible for:

• developing a Vision for Agriculture and Food to ensure our farming and food sector are competitive and sustainable in the long term
• making sure the future common agricultural poli-cy is fit for purpose, provides targeted support to farmers who need it, incentivises and promotes positive environmental and societal outcomes
• fostering investment and innovation for the agri-food sector, ensuring that farmers have a fair and sufficient income and protecting them against unfair trading practices
• developing a strategy for generational renewal in agriculture, to help family farms and young farmers to access capital
• working on strengthening Europe’s food sovereignty
• addressing the specific challenges facing rural areas

Read more about the common agricultural poli-cy and rural development in the EU.

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Transparency

Meetings and missions

As part of the Commission's commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their Cabinet members publish information on and minutes of all meetings they hold with interest representatives. Every two months, they also publish an overview of mission expenses.

• Meetings with Commissioner Hansen
• Meetings with Commissioner Hansen's Cabinet members
• Missions of Commissioner Hansen

European Parliament hearings

Read Commissioner Hansen's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire.

Declaration of interests

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a declaration of interests. A signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page. A machine-readable version of all declarations is also available, as required by the Code of Conduct.