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The implementation of the new Common Agricultural Policy in France will not be environmentally ambitious

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  • Marie Lassalas
  • Hervé Guyomard
  • Cécile Détang-Dessendre
  • Vincent Chatellier
  • Pierre Dupraz

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This paper assesses the environmental ambition of 2023-2027 Common Agricultural Policy in France. Since conditionality and agri-environment-climate measures are only marginally improved relative to the previous period, attention is focused on the new environmental instrument of the eco-scheme that in France targets the whole farm. Results suggest low environmental progress since almost all French farms would reach the standard level of the eco-scheme by one of the three access paths with unchanged farming practices, and 85% of them would reach the superior level. The percentage of farms at the superior level would be lower for farms specialized in annual crops than for cattle farms. We then show that the payment difference of €20 per hectare between the standard and superior level is probably insufficient for farms specialized in cereals, oilseeds and protein crops to offset the additional cost of the change in farm practices required to move from the standard to the superior level.

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  • Marie Lassalas & Hervé Guyomard & Cécile Détang-Dessendre & Vincent Chatellier & Pierre Dupraz, 2026. "The implementation of the new Common Agricultural Policy in France will not be environmentally ambitious," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 69(2), pages 456-481, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:69:y:2026:i:2:p:456-481
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2024.2379310
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