CAP regimes and the European countryside : prospects for integration between agricultural, regional, and environmental policies /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Environmental aspects > European Union countries.; Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Government policy > European Union countries.; Agriculture and state > European Union countries.; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Policy and Planning.; Sheep.; Agricultural policy.; Beef.; CAP.; Change.; Crops.; Economic impact.; Environmental impact.; Environmental policy.; Environmental protection.; Externalities.; Forestry.; Goat meat.; Olive oil.; Organic farming.; Pesticides.; Pollution.; Regulations.; Returns.; Rural areas.; Sheepmeat.; Wines.; European Union countries > Economic conditions > Regional disparities.; Electronic books.
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Assessments made on the environmental effects of the CAP are reviewed and the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU is considered. The focus is on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment, landsc...

Table of Contents:

• CAP and the Environment : Policy Development and the State of Research / Floor Brouwer and Philip Lowe
• Introduction : The Environmental Reform of Agricultural Policy
• The Environmental Effects of Reforming Agricultural Policies / Wilfrid Legg
• Integration of Environmental Objectives into Agricultural Policy Making / Philip Lowe and David Baldock
• The Environmental Performance of the CAP Regimes
• The Beef Regime / Erling Andersen, Alastair Rutherford and Michael Winter
• The Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Regime / Stuart Ashworth and Helen Caraveli
• The Arable Crops Regime and the Use of Pesticides / Katherine Falconer and Arie Oskam
• The Arable Crops Regime and Nitrogen Pollution Control / Floor Brouwer and Marga Hoogeveen
• The Arable Crops Regime and the Countryside Implications / Michael Winter
• The Wine Regime / Jordi Rosell and Lourdes Viladomiu
• The Olive Oil Regime / Guy Beaufoy
• Policies for Less Favoured Areas / Thomas Dax and Petra Hellegers
• The Agri-environmental Measures (2078/92) / Henry Buller
• Organic Farming / Nicolas Lampkin, Susanne Padel and Carolyn Foster
• Institutional Factors in Reorienting Agriculture
• Do 'Soft' Regulations Matter? / Flemming Just and Ingo Heinz
• National Cultural and Institutional Factors in CAP and Environment / Philip Lowe, Brendan Flynn, Flemming Just, Aida Valadas de Lima, Teresa Patrício and Andrea Povellato
• Market Remuneration for Goods and Services Provided by Agriculture and Forestry / Maurizio Merlo, Erica Milocco and Paola Virgiletti
• Outlook
• Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agenda 2000 / Werner Kleinhanss
• Agenda 2000 : A Wasted Opportunity? / Philip Lowe and Floor Brouwer.