Implementing Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy in England: Geographies of the Rural Enterprise Scheme and Processing and Marketing Grant

Identifying assets and constraints for rural development with qualitative scenarios: A case study of Castro Laboreiro, Portugal

“…The CAP shift is also in line with ideas about the payment for the provision of ecosystem services, which have received attention with regard to landscape sustainability and human well-being (Antrop, 2006;Turner & Daily, 2008). The intuitive appeal of rural economic diversification for improved rural well-being, however, often overshadows the actual spatially differentiated success of rural development policies (Courtney & Moseley, 2008;Watts, Ilbery, Maye, & Holloway, 2009) and continued marginalisation of some rural areas (Pinto-Correia & Breman, 2009). …”

Attitudes of food entrepreneurs towards two grant schemes under the first England Rural Development Programme, 2000–2006

“…The main conclusion from the sampled businesses is that neither the PMG nor the RES was particularly effective at funding enterprises beyond the farm gate, a finding supported by both Lowe and Ward (2007) and Watts et al (2009). The uptake of both schemes in the South West and West Midlands regions was dominated by active farmers, with just three 'adopter' interviewees not directly involved in farming.…”

“…It does so by exploring the attitudes of food entrepreneurs in two English regions towards two specific grant schemes operated between 2000 and 2006 under the ERDP: the Processing and Marketing Grant (PMG) and the Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES). Remarkably little academic research has been published on the uptake of these schemes (see Watts et al, 2009), and especially on the attitudes of both those applying and not applying for grant support under them. While two economic evaluations of these schemes have been undertaken for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) (Elliott et al, 2003;Leat and Revell, 2005), more qualitative insights into producer attitudes towards the rules of the schemes, the application process and potential barriers to applying have not been provided.…”

Farm diversification, tenancy and CAP reform: Results from a survey of tenant farmers in England

“…Equally, different tenure systems and overlapping arrangements may also influence diversification activities differently. The empirical evidence reported here explores some of the links between tenure and diversification (see also Ilbery et al, 2006Ilbery et al, , 2007Watts et al, 2009). The results are structured so as to analyse current tenant farmer diversification activities and future intentions towards diversification.…”