The aim of this contribution is to examine how the French and theGerman positions on agricultural policy have developed since thefoundation of the EEC and what the driving forces were behind. The“general consensus” underlying the EEC treaty, and according towhich the common market would be...

As agricultural policy reform and its effects have become increasingly territorialised, analyseswhich attempt to explain or predict impacts need to be more localised but also identify spillovereffects. In addition to the predictions of policy shocks predicted by sectoral partialequilibrium...

Literature on innovation adoption mechanism has emphasised the positive effect of Single FarmPayments (SFP) and Rural Development Payments on adoption of new technologies. In thiscontext, the expected process of CAP reforming after 2013 is likely to strengthen the role ofinnovation in the...

This paper analyses the effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on gross transfers over time and across regions. Depending on the type of instrumentation to support agriculture, the volatility of gross transfers differs. While assistance arising from market price supports, regarded as...

This paper examines the relationship between structural changes and EU agricultural policies and their implications in the context of the enlarged EU. The paper examines the impact of EU policies on the restructuring and competitiveness of farms in the new member states taking into account...

The 2003 review of the Common AgriculturalPolicy (CAP) has introduced several new policy tools,among which cross-compliance. The introduction of thisnew policy entails production costs, along with othertypes of costs arising at the farm level: administrative,information, organisational costs,...

This study examines the supply response of the Greek beef market and the possible effect of the European Union’sCommon Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the Greek beef sector during the period 1993-2005. A GARCH process is used to estimateexpected price and price volatility while several different...

This paper sets out the results of a research project carried out by the University ofPalermo and financed by the Sicilian Region, which aims to establish the impact of theFischler Reform on Sicilian agriculture, and to project future scenarios that take into accountsome of the changes that the...

We analyze the effects of the 2004 CAP reform and EU enlargement on European and world agricultural markets. We compare the results from a CAP reform only and a CAP reform plus enlargement scenarios to a no-enlargement baseline implementing Agenda 2000 CAP policies. We utilize the Food and...

Since 2000, the two important reforms of The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)took place. The Agenda 2000 Berlin Agreement of March 1999 aimed to increase EUagriculture market orientation and focuses on the grain, oilseed, dairy and the beef sectors. Itreduced intervention prices in these...