Assessing the consequences of policy measures on long-term agricultural productivity – Quantification for Flanders

Boone, Lieselot; Dewulf, Jo; Ruysschaert, Greet; D’Hose, Tommy; Muylle, Hilde; Roldán‐Ruiz, Isabel; linden, Veerle Van

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119000

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“…Investing in production must provide the necessary rate of return, otherwise there is no point in additional investments. But not everything is determined by payback, economically weak enterprises are simply not able to afford additional fertilizers, modernize the machine and tractor fleet in order to implement modern farming schemes [3]. These moments can characterize the weak level of development of agricultural organizations and the low level of state support for the industry.…”

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Assessing the reproduction of land resources in the context of achieving food security

Golovin

Soklakov

Spitsyna

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The article conducted a study of the level of reproduction of land resources in Russia, in the conditions of the formation of food security. It was revealed that the growth of food production in Russia leads to a decrease in the potential of agricultural land. A significant part of the land occupied by agricultural crops is not fertilized. The introduced volumes of nutrients are insufficient for either simple or extended reproduction. Volumes of fertilizers close to simple reproduction are applied to grain and leguminous crops. An increase in the application of potassium would fully allow for the simple reproduction of land occupied by grain crops. The most critical situation has developed with the lands used for growing sugar beets. The lack of nutrients led to the fact that in 2019 the earth lost more than 200 kg of nitrogen and potassium. The identified situation is a threat to both food and national security. If the current trend continues, the yield will show a downward trend, which, even if costs remain at the same level, will lead to an increase in prices, and, accordingly, to a decrease in food availability. In general, there is a pronounced situation of depletion of land resources. Instead of stimulating the introduction of fertilizers and ensuring low prices for them, the country’s leadership is stimulating food exports. This situation is similar to the export of mineral resources and timber. Grain, like oilseeds, is predominantly exported in a non-processed form, which is inherently a low value-added resource commodity. But the main thing is that soil fertility is actually exported, since the applied fertilizers do not even provide simple reproduction.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Assessing the reproduction of land resources in the context of achieving food security

Golovin

Soklakov

Spitsyna

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…As the same effect was noticed in 1918 on the breakout of Spanish influenza and Word Health Organization estimates a bigger number of people some more than 300 million people were suffering from stress and depression worldwide and becomes the leading cause of disability in human. Also, [22] describes that the invisible and lethal situation of virus creates not only the biological issue, but also a psychological pressure like a terrorism threat which leaves long-lasting consequences. However, due to COVID-19 in 2020, the extent of depression is far more than ever expected.…”

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COVID-19 Crises: Global Economic Shocks vs Pakistan Economic Shocks

Katper¹,

Tunio²,

Hussain³

et al. 2020

Adv. sci. technol. eng. syst. j.

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This paper documents, information about the current outbreak of Corona virus and its multidimensional effects witnessed worldwide. The objective of the study is to disseminate information to policymakers, government and the general public, to facilitate the efforts for fighting against the contagious virus and aims to contribute to the economic and social welfare. Though the data changes rapidly by every passing minute, yet the current scenario may be analyzed to evaluate the present situation for a fruitful outcome. Hence, the discussion may be useful for all the stakeholders (government, policymakers and the public) for their reference. Various studies previously observed that widespread contagious diseases have a severe impact on the economy. It is observed that the faster and wider the outbreak of disease, the higher and severer the influence on the economies. The economies face shrinkage of income, revenue, earnings, while health expenditure increases for hospitals, medical kits, ventilators, uniforms, masks, gloves, medicines and other medical equipment. Therefore, it has a two-pronged adversely hitting effect on economies to manage the imbalance in the budget and fiscal matters. Another unfortunate situation is when the high populated country is poor too. The world has realized the effects of the different contagious viruses in the different times in history. Nevertheless, the virulence and the severity of the COVID-19 is far greater than the previous viral breakouts. We, in this research attempt to highlight the multidimensional effects of COVID-19 and create some possibilities how to deal and fight with this cruel and invisible enemy.

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“…The main challenge faced by agriculture is to provide the population with the food and other bio-products necessary for their development while protecting natural capital, which means using it in a sustainable way [1]. Improvements in sustainability at the farm level are the basic driver of agricultural sustainability at the macro level [2], which means performing stable, economically viable, socially accepted and environmentally sound production activity.…”

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Sustainable Economic Development of Farms in Central and Eastern European Countries Driven by Pro-investment Mechanisms of the Common Agricultural Policy

Czubak

Pawłowski

2020

Agriculture

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Improvements in sustainability at the farm level are the basic driver of agricultural sustainability at the macro level. This is a challenge that can only be met by farms which efficiently process inputs into products. The increase in the efficiency of European farms is largely conditioned by measures taken under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), especially its second pillar. The purpose of this study was to determine the net effect of pro-investment instruments available under the second pillar of the CAP in selected Central and Eastern European countries. Unpublished Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) microdata provided by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) were used as the source material. The study presented in this paper is unique in that the research tasks are based on unpublished microdata of selected Central and Eastern European farms. The study relied on the Propensity Score Matching approach; the net effect of pro-investment mechanisms was analyzed using productivity and profitability indicators calculated for farms which have been keeping FADN records for a continuous period of no less than 6 years. As shown by the study, structural funds available under the CAP clearly provided an investment incentive for farms. The conclusion from the assessment of changes in the availability of productive inputs is that the beneficiaries reported a greater increase in fixed asset value and in farm area in all countries except for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The comparative analysis of countries covered by this study failed to clearly confirm that labor is substituted with capital to a significant extent. Every country covered by this study experienced a noticeable negative net effect on both the productivity and profitability of capital. When considering all the countries, the beneficiary group has no clear advantage over the control group in terms of changes in land and labor productivity and profitability (a statistically significant positive effect was recorded for land productivity and profitability in Slovenia). As regards labor, a statistically significant positive net effect (a difference in growth rate between the beneficiary group and the control group) was recorded in Slovenia, but also in Poland, where beneficiary farms reported a greater increment in labor profitability and reduced the negative difference in labor productivity.

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Assessing the consequences of policy measures on long-term agricultural productivity – Quantification for Flanders

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Assessing the reproduction of land resources in the context of achieving food security

Assessing the reproduction of land resources in the context of achieving food security

COVID-19 Crises: Global Economic Shocks vs Pakistan Economic Shocks

Sustainable Economic Development of Farms in Central and Eastern European Countries Driven by Pro-investment Mechanisms of the Common Agricultural Policy

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