Some €12bn of EU money channeled to support organic farming since 2014 hasn’t helped increase production, a European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) audit revealed today (September 23). Lack of conditionality requiring farmers to produce organic products in return for EU funds, and an inability to measure supposed environmental benefits of organic farming, were key causes for the relatively very small rate of organic production, which accounts for only for 4% of the total EU food market, the auditors found. The EU has set a non-binding target for the sector to increase agricultural land farmed organi…