Cap towards 2020 and the cost of political choices: The case of Emilia-romagna region

Solazzo, Roberto; Donati, Michèle; Arfini, Filippo

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.015

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“…Since 2014, new rules regarding direct payments to farmers have been applied throughout Poland and other EU countries. The main difference in the rules governing the allocation of subsidies to farmers is the introduction of a new element named greening (Solazzo et al, 2015).…”

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Farmer rationality and the adoption of greening practices in Poland

Świtek

Sawińska

2017

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform in the European Union introduced a new element: greening. The aim of greening is to support the environment and create non-productive value in agriculture. The main element of greening is the Ecological Focus Area (EFA) meaning that a portion of farmland area has to be designed for environmental purposes. This article consists of an evaluatation of greening and its elements in the first year CAP reform has come into force. Surveys were used as a tool to gather information about farm characteristics, ways to meet greening requirements as well as the opinions of farmers as to changes in direct subsidies and greening obligations. The research was conducted in 2015 directly interviewing 290 farmers from the whole of Poland. The farmers interviewed lived in different parts of the country and had different size farms. Data was prepared with the use of spreadsheets and were analysed using the R statistical program and the "gmodel" and "vcd" statistical packages were used during the calculations. Polish farmers are against greening. Greening does not significantly change the way farmers run their farms. They choose the cheapest options of EFA which are usually not the best for the environment. Furthermore, farmers have to bear the cost of introducing the new elements themselves. Despite a high number of environmental and agricultural advantages offered by new farming methods, crop rotation and after-crop sowing duty, CAP reform is assessed in a negative light. As a result of negative opinions held by farmers due to the lack of subsidies, farmers may not continue greening practices in the future.

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Farmer rationality and the adoption of greening practices in Poland

Świtek

Sawińska

2017

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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“…The introduction of the new greening measures was a significant but controversial aspect of the CAP reform [66]. Research based on modelling echoed this argument, indicating that, in the present form, the environmental impacts are rather limited and will not contribute much to improving the CAP provision of public goods [67,68]. There are indications that the CAP greening needs to be redefined and regionalised to ensure the transition towards "greener" agriculture [69].…”

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On the Way to Eco-Innovations in Agriculture: Concepts, Implementation and Effects at National and Local Level. The Case of Poland

Dudek

Wrzaszcz

2020

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The aim of the study was to provide the examples of eco-innovations in agriculture relating to the concept of sustainable development and the indication of their conditions. Quantitative and qualitative methods were applied to the research, namely: descriptive statistical and economic analysis of the Polish Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data and Statistics Poland data, as well as case studies of organic food producers, covering the years 2005–2019. Indicated information sources, encompassing long time span of analysis and various data collections, allowed presenting the complementary picture of eco-innovations at the sector and farm levels. The research examined the different types of ecological innovations in Polish agriculture, including: (1) organisational innovations with an institutional background (e.g., the organic farming support and greening mechanism of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)—implemented in the family farming sector); and (2) the product, marketing, process and organisational innovations in selected organic farms that were individual farmers’ initiatives. On the one hand, the research documented the effectiveness of new agricultural policy solutions in the agricultural sector that are examples of organisational eco-innovations. During 2005–2016, the certification system, as well as policy support, contributed to the development of organic farms in Poland in terms of the growth in the share of this type of holdings in total (from 0.5% to 4.6%) and in the overall utilised agricultural area (UAA) (from 0.3% to 3.7%). Moreover, during 2014–2015, as a result of the greening in agricultural holdings, the area sown with pulses and papilionaceous, i.e., crops improving soil structure and protecting soils, rose by 174% and 161%, respectively. On the other hand, the case studies conducted showed that the food producers’ knowledge and skills combined with a favourable local economic and social situation, as well as institutional support, played a key role in the process of the emergence of eco-innovations. Among those factors, the respondents’ individual characteristics associated with attitudes towards farming and the social, human and physical capital passed on by family members should be highlighted. This paper contributes to existing literature in two ways. First, this study combines both quantitative and qualitative (including in-depth interviews) approaches to eco-innovations at the micro and macro level of analysis. Second, by differentiating two approaches to ecological innovations, namely the conventional and the sustainable, the article indicates and considers the key factors favourable to the latter.

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“…As for the Italian territory, Solazzo et al (2015) argues that the impact of greening in Emilia-Romagna (Northern Italy) is very limited and the larger economic impact is due to convergence of direct payments [12]. Cortignani and Dono (2015) conclude that the greening should restrict the use of nitrogen in Southern Italy in the more intensive farms [13].…”

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Green Payment and Perceived Rural Landscape Quality: A Cost-Benefit Analysis in Central Italy

Cortignani¹,

Gobattoni²,

Pelorosso³

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The conservation of perceived scenery of traditional extensive and diversified landscapes is a valuable aim for reaching sustainable rural development. Considering the financial budget assigned and the application rules of European Union agricultural policy (Common Agricultural Policy-CAP), the relationship between perceived landscape benefits and CAP first pillar payments is an interesting aspect to analyze. In this study, a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out in a rural area of Central Italy that represents typical Italian conditions of hilly territories. Greening payment, a mechanism aimed to boost public goods, including landscapes and their ecological functionality, was selected as a proxy for policy cost of preserving traditional extensive landscapes. The benefits of greening have been evaluated through the analysis of the people's willingness to pay for the maintenance of extensive and diversified landscapes. The analysis conducted does not explicitly consider the full range of environmental benefits determined by greening, even if some interviewees may have perceived them in addition to the visual perception of the rural landscape. The present study can contribute to the debate on the agricultural policy post-2020, especially for a future definition of long-lasting and cost-effective sustainable interventions in hilly and extensive rural landscapes.

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Cap towards 2020 and the cost of political choices: The case of Emilia-romagna region

Cited by 18 publications

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Farmer rationality and the adoption of greening practices in Poland

Farmer rationality and the adoption of greening practices in Poland

On the Way to Eco-Innovations in Agriculture: Concepts, Implementation and Effects at National and Local Level. The Case of Poland

Green Payment and Perceived Rural Landscape Quality: A Cost-Benefit Analysis in Central Italy

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