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Assessing the rise of organic farming in the European Union : environmental and socioeconomic consequences
Konstantinidis, Charalampos - 2012
farms to allow family farmers to remain in the countryside as high-value producers. I assert that this this development … experience of organic farmers in the EU as a lesson for schemes paying for environmental services, I suggest that the success of … organic farming should be evaluated by the numbers of participating farmers, rather than by area covered, as has been the …
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A meta-analysis of environmental impacts of agri-environmental policies in the European Union
Oltmer, Katrin; Nijkamp, Peter; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; … - 2000
-environmental measures are applied, have an effect on thebehaviour of farmers with respect to three indicators, N-fertiliser, livestock …-fertiliser, livestock density and area of grassland appear to have a significantinfluence on the behaviour of these farmers. …
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Food policy volatility and EU policies
Swinnen, Johan F. M.; Knops, Louise; Van Herck, Kristine - 2013
Changes in global food prices have affected EU producers and consumers and have triggered policy reactions through the EU's political process. In particular, the EU and member states responded by social policies to protect their consumers, attempts to regulate 'speculation' on agricultural...
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An assessment of the relationship between the level of occupational health and safety and the economic effects achieved on a given positions
Smoliński, Dariusz; Solecki, Leszek - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 2, pp. 229-250
This paper aims at evaluating the relationship existing between the level of health and safety of selected types of working position with their economic value. Ten stationary positions in different branches of economics were studied. Estimated costs associated with the work of man, estimated the...
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The final solutions for Common Agricultural Policy in years 2014-2020 : step towards environmental sustainability or business as usual?
Kociszewski, Karol - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 1, pp. 9-20
that policy reform were discussed in relation to main groups of instruments: these supporting farmers' incomes and rural …
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Ist die EU-Agrarpolitik ihr Geld wert?
Kirschke, Dieter; Koester, Ulrich; Häger, Astrid - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 4, pp. 288-293
Der Erfolg einer Politik wird häufig mit dem Umfang der eingesetzten Finanzmittel gleichgesetzt. Die Autoren dieses Beitrag halten eine solche Einschätzung für verfehlt. Vielmehr sollten die Kosten dem Nutzen gegenübergestellt und einzelne Instrumente nicht mit unterschiedlichen Zielen...
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Rice Price Volatility : A Dilemma for Public Policies in Asia and Europe?
Zolin, Bruna - 2010
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European Food Quality Policy : The Importance of Geographical Indications, Organic Certification and Food Quality Insurance Schemes in European Countries
Becker, Tilman - 2013
The protection of geographical indications, organic certification and food quality assurance schemes are the cornerstones of European food quality policy. In this paper the importance of these voluntary quality policy schemes in the different Member States of the European Union is investigated....
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TPP's Coup de Grâce : How the Trademark System Prevailed as Geographical Indication System
Friedmann, Danny - 2017
In the struggle for supremacy between two diametrically opposed systems to protect Geographical Indications (GIs), the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) gives the decisive push in favour of the trademark system. This has profound implications for generic geographical names, not only for...
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Adaptation Measures in the EU : Policies, Costs, and Economic Assessment ('Climate Proofing' of Key EU Policies)
Altvater, Susanne - 2014
The aim of this report is to ascertain priority concerns for further climate proofing action through opposing current EU efforts to different threats, and suggest complementary options (cf. chapter 3) for the following four sectors: (1) Energy, (2) Transport infrastructure, (3) Urban areas, and...
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