The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a major driver of the environmental and social sustainability of the agriculture in the European Union (EU). Under the 2003 CAP reform, most direct payments to agricultural producers were decoupled from production. This work assesses the possible impact of...

This article investigates the income effects of decoupled payments distributed at the farm-type or uniformly at the regional level within the European Union. The analysis was conducted using detailed information on the implementation of the Health Check policy package for agricultural activities...

Since the early 1990s, the European Union has financed a lot of specific measures aimed at promoting agroforestry on farms. In fact, the reform of Common Agricultural Policy proposed by the European Commissioner Ray MacSharry has put in place several actions with the predominant aim of changing...

Farming and the countryside are viewed by the British public as important, to a much greater degree than suggested by their economic significance. This may indicate deep insight about the importance of food supply and ecosystems, which could in turn manifest itself through the Common...

The aim of the article is a discussion of the need and the possibilities of evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of agricultural policy with a special attention given to the CAP. The issue of the value added by agricultural expenditure generated by the CAP is raised. The evolution of the...

The article presents the main objectives of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2014 and assesses them from the point of view of Polish agriculture. It takes into account such issues as the level of the EU budget and its allocation for Poland, a new scheme of direct payments,...

The paper deals with the future of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. The New Financial Perspective (2007-2013) is being discussed. The paper is supplemented by analysis of the impact of the 2003 reform on the most important markets. Final part of the paper deals with a presentation of...

An attempt at estimating the influence of farm’s acreage, value of fixed assets and economic results on the preference for alternative bases of affording the agricultural direct payments to farms has been undertaken. Direct payments to production quantity were favourised by homesteads which...

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...