DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICIES POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT THE AGRICULTURE OF THE CANARY ISLANDS NOTE This document was requested by the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. AUTHOR AND RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATOR Mr Albert MASSOT Policy Department B: Structural and Cohesion Policies European Parliament E-mail:
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[email protected] Manuscript completed in June 2011. Brussels, © European Parliament, 2011 This document is available on the Internet at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/studies DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. Reproduction and translation for non-commercial purposes are authorised, provided the source is acknowledged and the publisher is given prior notice and sent a copy. DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL POLICY DEPARTMENT B: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION POLICIES AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT THE AGRICULTURE OF THE CANARY ISLANDS NOTE Content: This note has been drafted as a supporting document for the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in its mission to the Canary Islands in August 2011. It comprises: 1) an introduction presenting the major physical data and certain historical references; 2) a special section on the political and economic framework of the Islands; and 3) a third section which examines agriculture in the Canary Islands in the framework of the European Union, its major sources of funding and the risk factors affecting its main products (involving the impact of the WTO banana panel and renewal of the agricultural protocol to the Association Agreement with Morocco in particular).