Evaluation of the potential of Polish agriculture and the impact of the new CAP programmes in 2014-2020 on increasing its competitiveness in the European Union and in the world. Distributional and income effects of direct payments under the new CAP – the case of Germany. Effects of the new...

EU financial perspective for 2014-2020 and the CAP. Impact of EU funds on the development of Poland. Evaluation of the impact of the CAP on the development of Poland and the situation of Polish agriculture. Analysis of the absorption of the CAP support in the programming period 2007-2013. Impact...

The economic theory links the growth of production factors remuneration with the productivity improvement. In the case of contemporary European agriculture, among the most important income creators are money transfers, namely direct payments. These transfers are part of the agricultural and...

The paper deals with the future of direct payments system in the EU agriculture. Different scenarios of the current system adjustments, as proposed by the European Commission, are presented. Four possible scenarios are being discussed: An ‘EU flat rate’, a pragmatic approach, the use of...

Farm incomes in Poland have increased since the Polish integration with the European Union. The average monthly available income per household was in 2008 lower than income only of the self-employed entrepreneurs. A significant impact on this situation have the agricultural direct payments which...

The paper attempts to contribute to the discussion of the agricultural support distribution in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Author used European Commission statistics of direct payments to explore the distribution patterns across farm holdings in EU Member...

The aim of this paper was to analyze the changes of direct payments of the CAP. During the last 15 years the CAP has changed in response to pressures from the European society and its evolving economy. The 2003 reform marked a new phase in this process, introducing decoupled direct payments, via...

Considerations over the direct payments in the support regime of farms in the European Union are presented. Their meaning is analysed and the existing weaknesses are indicated, as well as the beneficial transformations inspired by the direct payments. Necessity of redefinition of aims of the...

The aim of the paper is to examine impacts of different rates of direct payments on production structures and farm incomes of Polish family farms after the accession to the EU. Analyses have been made for 2004, the assumed year of accession, with the use of a linear programming farm optimisation...

Agricultural policy in relation to economic and social competitiveness. Competitiveness and progress in polish agriculture and mid-term forecast. Development trends and competitiveness of Polish food industry. Impact of CAP instruments on Polish agro-food economy. The CAP financing in 2014-2020....