26.07.2010
Risk management and agricultural insurance schemes in Europe
Bielza et al. (2009)
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The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) needs fundamental reform. Every year, € 57 billion – more than 40% of the EU budget – are spent without creating significant value for society.
In the future, European money should promote European public goods. This will allow us to better protect our climate and the environment, improve animal welfare and stimulate economic growth.
This webpage is a resource for all those interested in CAP reform: politicians, civil servants, NGO activists, journalists and citizens. The aim is to foster a better understanding of what is at stake and how to shape the future CAP.
The editor is Valentin Zahrnt. He is an economist at ECIPE, the European Centre for International Political Economy.
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Expert Declaration
A Common Agricultural Policy for European Public Goods
Leading agricultural economists from all over Europe propose the abolition of market intervention and blanket income support to farmers.
Instead, subsidies should be targeted at the provision of public goods of European interest, such as the fight against climate change and the preservation of biodiversity.
At your fingertips
CAP reform in a nutshell the case for CAP reform on one page
Can you believe it? The CAP at
its worst examples of mind-boggling subsidies
The Single Farm Paymentexcellent critique by Stefan Tangermann
CAP visions by reform-oriented stakeholders
Key data on the CAP expenditure for the main instruments
Who pays for farm income support?
member states net contributions
Can you believe it? The CAP at
its worst examples of mind-boggling subsidies
The Single Farm Paymentexcellent critique by Stefan Tangermann
CAP visions by reform-oriented stakeholders
Key data on the CAP expenditure for the main instruments
Who pays for farm income support?
member states net contributions
Recent posts
Studies
Studies
13.07.2010
The costs of compliance with EU standards
Jongeneel et al. (2007) and Jongeneel et al. (2008)
General posts
25.06.2010
Farm income support: much money, little evidence
The fragmentary evidence that is available suggests that, far from being a disadvantaged sector of society, EU farm households as a group have relatively high incomes compared to the rest of society. But the EU has abandoned earlier efforts to produce regular statistics of farm households’ total income – though this would be feasible at reasonable costs. Perhaps it is the fear of the light that worries the EU agricultural policymakers, writes Berkeley Hill, Professor Emeritus of Policy Analysis at the University of London.
General posts
21.06.2010
Which member states pay for the waste of public money?
The closer that CAP reform negotiations come to the finish line, the more will member states look at their financial bottom line. ‘How much do we pay, how much do we get?’ That question will concern finance ministers and heads of states at least as much as the objectives and instruments the CAP funds are spent on. Here are some interesting calculations.
General posts
17.06.2010
Silence around pesticides
The spraying of DDT and other pesticides provoked the 1962 book ‘Silent spring’, one of the early landmarks of environmentalism. How rich in biodiversity is the spring of 2010, and how many bird songs are missing because of pesticide use? Daniel Lesinsky, board member of Pesticide Action Network Europe, responds.
Key studies
Scenar 2020-II – Update of scenario study on agriculture and the rural world
Nowicki, P. et. al., 2010
The 2007/08 Agricultural Price Spikes: Causes and Policy Implications
UK Government, 2010
Provision of public goods through agriculture in the European Union
IEEP, 2009
UK Food Security Assessment: Detailed Analysis
Defra, 2009
The Common Agricultural Policy and the French, EU and Global Economies
GEM, 2009