The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU influences the agriculture in production but also in different functions as there are the function of resource protection, recreation, landscape diversity and spatial structuring. Especially in a comparison of regions on both side of the farmer Iron...

The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU influences the agriculture in production but also in different functions as there are the function of resource protection, recreation, landscape diversity and spatial structuring. Especially in a comparison of regions on both side of the former Iron...

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...

The objective of this paper is to analyse and quantify the spatial dimension of the CAP effects in an area of Northern Italy. The analysis is based on survey information about stated intentions of farm-household in two CAP scenarios, treated through statistical analysis intended to identify the...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone of EU policy relating to rural areas. Initially, it aimed to provide a harmonised framework for maintaining adequate supplies, increasing productivity and ensuring that both consumers and producers received a fair deal in the market. These...

Politicians and farm lobbyists frequently use the argument that agricultural policy is necessary to safeguard jobs in agriculture. We explore whether this is true by conducting an econometric ex-post evaluation of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the three East German...

The paper presents selected legal issues concerning cooperatives, including their organization and taxation. Additionally, it shows statistical data and indicates the directions of activities of cooperatives operating in agriculture and rural areas in selected countries of Western Europe,...

Farms in Poland Before and After the EU Accession. The Competitiveness of Lithuanian Farms in the EU. Prospects of the Slovakian Farm Sector under the CAP. Farm structure in the Czech Republic – Today and Tomorrow. Structural Changes and Measures for Improvement of Effectiveness and Economic...

Common Agricultural Policy and the regional diversification of Polish farming. The Structural Changes in the Rural Areas and Agriculture: the Case of the Czech Republic. Structural Changes in the Agri-Food Sector and in Rural Areas of Hungary. Regional differences of Bulgarian rural development....