pt. 1. Future scenarios for the CAP -- pt. 2. Political economy of CAP reform -- pt. 3. The CAP reform and its impact on EU agriculture -- pt. 4. The impact of CAP reform on specific sectors -- pt. 5. The environmental impact of CAP reform -- pt. 6. Cross-compliance and agro-environmental...

The impact ojMac Sharry rejorm on EU agriculture, jully implemented since 1996, has not been evaluated yet. The rejorm process has continued, mainly on the same guidelines, with Agenda 2000 and it is still going on with the so called Mid Term Review. This is why an evaluation ojthe effects ojthe...

This paper deals with the policy and regulatory options currently adopted for managing the main issues raised by the recent large diffusion of the genetically modified crops. A first aim is to analyse in depth which are these policy options and which is the rationale behind them. Though many...

This paper deals with the policy and regulatory options currently adopted for managing the main issues raised by the recent large diffusion of the genetically modified crops. A first aim is to analyse in depth which are these policy options and which is the rationale behind them. Though many...

Fischlers Reform of the Cap has introduced economic support to reinforce the range of instruments aimed at promoting food quality. Before the Reform, European Union market intervention for food quality was confined to the regulatory ground. The paper discusses the economic justifications for...

The paper discusses the unsatisfactory results of the European policy for food quality. Economic justifications for public intervention in this field are briefly summarized. Financial aid, introduced by the 2003 Reform to reinforce the range of instruments to promote food quality, is also...

Carlo Perone Pacifico died last November. After his post-graduate studies at the new-born Centro di specializzazione in Ricerche economico-agrarie di Portici, he went to Berkeley where he took his Master of Science degree. He was then called back to Portici as a researcher in the field of the...

<em>Primacy of Institution in the Reformed Cap</em> - Recent years have seen dramatic and continuous reforms of the European discipline of agriculture, both in the first and in the second pillar, in significant connection with the enlargement of the EC to new member States. The process, still far from...

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the role of relationships between stakeholders in the supply chain as a potential source of competitive advantage. In the case study, we focus on the wine industry in the Lazio Region (Italy). We observe a significant loss...