ABSTRACT
Providing an updated state of the art report on the effects of the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, this volume has a particular emphasis on the governance of institutional changes and national/regional implementation. Written from an agricultural economist's point of view and enriched by the contribution of political scientists and policy makers, this book offers: - an updated report of the European debate on agricultural and rural policies; -an in-depth analysis of the decoupling process of the agricultural financial support in Europe; - an analysis of the CAP implementation in the old and new Europe Member States ; - a discussion on the future scenarios for the European Agricultural Policies Based on a selection of papers from the 109th Seminar of the European Association of the Agricultural Economists (EAAE), this book, with a foreword by Franz Fischler, also includes four commissioned contributions from leaders in the field including Sofia Davidova, Roberto Esposti, Tassos Haniotis and Johan Swinnen.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|36 pages
Future Scenarios for the CAP
part 2|52 pages
Political Economy of CAP Reform
part 3|59 pages
The CAP Reform and Its Impact on EU Agriculture
part 4|63 pages
The Impact of CAP Reform on Specific Sectors
part 5|43 pages
The Environmental Impact of CAP Reform
part 6|55 pages
Cross-Compliance and Agro-Environmental Measures
part 7|62 pages
Rural Development Issues
part 8|60 pages
The Future of Market Measures
part 9|67 pages
The Future of Direct Payments