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Environmental approach of the CAP legislative proposal

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  • Hart, Kaley
  • Little, Jonathan

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The proposals for the CAP for the 2014–2020 period were heralded by the Agriculture Commissioner as providing ‘a new partnership between Europe and its farmers’ that will ‘enhance both the economic and ecological competitiveness of agriculture’, to meet the ‘challenges of food security, sustainable use of natural resources and growth’. For the past two decades, the integration of environmental concerns within the CAP has been characterised by a gradual shift in emphasis towards more targeted, regionally defined and programmed approaches, embodied in the agri-environment measures and Pillar 2 more generally, underpinned by cross compliance. These elements all remain within the current proposals, however, a major new element has come into play – the introduction of green direct payments in Pillar 1. The proposals aim to extend a basic level of environmental management to the majority of farmland in Europe, recognising the scale of the environmental challenges to be met. However, these are contentious proposals, faced with criticisms that they are both too demanding and too weak. At the same time, their introduction is coupled with a net reduction in the Pillar 2 budget over the next programming period. Within the context of the broader CAP proposals, this paper considers the opportunities and risks embodied in the proposals for green direct payments as well as possible alternative options. It considers the implications of the proposals for the environment and whether they genuinely will lead to the much needed improvements in environmental outcomes required to meet the significant environmental and climate challenges facing the EU.

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  • Hart, Kaley & Little, Jonathan, 2012. "Environmental approach of the CAP legislative proposal," Politica Agricola Internazionale - International Agricultural Policy, Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario, vol. 2012(1), pages 1-11, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:eiapai:130408
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.130408
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    1. Gava, Oriana & Andreoli, Maria & Bartolini, Fabio & Brunori, Gianluca, 2015. "CAP post-2013: alternative greening designs in Tuscany (Italy)," 2015 Fourth Congress, June 11-12, 2015, Ancona, Italy 207359, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA).
    2. Czekaj, Stefania & Czubak, Wawrzyniec & Góral, Justyna & Kagan, Adam & Majewski, Edward & Poczta, Walenty & Sadowski, Arkadiusz & Wąs, Adam, 2013. "Impact of the reformed direct payments on the Polish farms," Multiannual Program Reports 182522, Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics - National Research Institute (IAFE-NRI).
    3. Lakner, Sebastian & Zinngrebe, Yves & Koemle, Dieter, 2020. "Combining management plans and payment schemes for targeted grassland conservation within the Habitats Directive in Saxony, Eastern Germany," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    4. Bertoni, Danilo & Aletti, Giacomo & Ferrandi, Giulia & Micheletti, Alessandra & Cavicchioli, Daniele & Pretolani, Roberto, 2018. "Farmland Use Transitions After the CAP Greening: a Preliminary Analysis Using Markov Chains Approach," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 789-800.
    5. Wąs, Adam & Majewski, Edward & Czekaj, Stefania, 2014. "Impacts of CAP “greening” on Polish farms," 2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia 182699, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Latacz-Lohmann, Uwe & Schulz, Norbert & Breustedt, Gunnar, 2014. "Assessing Farmers' Willingness to Accept "Greening": Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Gremany," 88th Annual Conference, April 9-11, 2014, AgroParisTech, Paris, France 170560, Agricultural Economics Society.
    7. Solazzo, Roberto & Pierangeli, Fabio, 2015. "A two-step modeling approach for the impact assessment of greening in Italy," 147th Seminar, October 7-8, 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria 212246, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    8. Solazzo, Roberto & Pierangeli, Fabio, 2016. "How does greening affect farm behaviour? Trade-off between commitments and sanctions in the Northern Italy," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 88-98.
    9. Vanni, Francesco & Cardillo, Concetta, 2013. "The effects of CAP greening on Italian agriculture," Politica Agricola Internazionale - International Agricultural Policy, Edizioni L'Informatore Agrario, vol. 2013(3), September.

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