This paper presents the possibility of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013. Attention was drawn to the European Commission's proposals which result from discussions with representatives of various disciplines and backgrounds as well as the results of studies of other...

The economic theory links the growth of production factors remuneration with the productivity improvement. In the case of contemporary European agriculture, among the most important income creators are money transfers, namely direct payments. These transfers are part of the agricultural and...

Considerations are presented over the cross-compliance principle influence for the agricultural farms competitiveness in the European Union, particularly with regard to the Polish position. Their meaning is anlysed and the existing weaknesses are indicated, as well as the beneficial...

Direct payments are one of the basic forms of support for agricultural income, which is used by 72-76% authorized farm households. Relation of number of applications to number of registered producers amounts to 80-85%. There is still a large number of farm households possessing above 1 ha of...

Biodiversity conservation is an important element of EU environmental policy and it influences certain instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy (agri-environmental programmes, cross–compliance rules, organic farming support). These play an increasingly important role in this policy....

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This 2009 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...