The Abrogation of the Set-Aside and the Increase in Cereal Prices: Can They Revert the Decline of Cereal Production Generated by Decoupling?

doi:10.4324/9781315614878-16

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The Abrogation of the Set-Aside and the Increase in Cereal Prices: Can They Revert the Decline of Cereal Production Generated by Decoupling?

ABSTRACT

The decoupling of direct payments, caused by the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), has generated an incentive for farmers to decrease the production of cereals, oilseeds and protein crops (COP) and (because of the reform of sugar CMO and fruit and vegetable CMO), sugar beet and vegetables. In some cases, this has also provided a strong enough incentive for farmers to leave some of the available land idle.