We examine the efficacy of incentives for new entrants to farming as an alternative to early retirement schemes for farmers. We briefly review previous studies on the effectiveness of Farmer Early Retirement Schemes in promoting structural adjustment in agriculture and conclude that the economic...

In recent years the CAP has undergone significant reforms, but the dairy sector has largely avoided wholesale changes. The sector, however, is now faced with a significant effort by the Commission to instigate reform. In this study the FAPRI-UK modelling system is simulated to identify the...

A regional input-output model, detailing agriculture and its ancillary sectors, is used to quantify the effects of a BSE-induced reduction in final demand for beef on the economy of Northern Ireland, a region with heavy dependence on beef exports. The long-run regional output, income and...