Selecting agri-environmental indicators to facilitate monitoring and assessment of EU agri-environmental measures effectiveness

Zalidis, George C.; Tsiafouli, Maria A.; Takavakoglou, V.; Bilas, George; Misopolinos, Nikolaos

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2003.12.006

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“…Considering the potential and necessity in Estonia to increase national agricultural self-sufficiency further, the output-oriented farm efficiency analysis will be also valuable. While the objective of current EU agri-environmental policy is to achieve less intensive production (Zalidis et al 2004) and all input factors with the exception of intermediate consumption have shown high slacks in the study period, the analysis of the input-oriented DEA model is justified.…”

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Efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000 2004

Vasiliev

Astover²,

Mõtte³

et al. 2008

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The aim of this study is to analyse the efficiency of Estonian grain farms after Estonia's transition to a market economy and during the accession period to the European Union (EU). The non-parametric method Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to estimate the total technical, pure technical and scale efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000-2004. Mean total technical efficiency varied from 0.70 to 0.78. Of the grain farms 62% are operating under increasing returns to scale. Solely based on the DEA model it is not possible to determine optimum farm scale and the range of Estonian farm sizes operating efficiently is extensive. The most pure technically efficient farms were the smallest and the largest but the productivity of small farms is low compared to larger farms because of their small scale. Therefore, they are the least competitive. Since pre-accession period to the EU, large input slacks of capital have replaced the former excessive use of labour and land. This raises the question about the effects on efficiency of the EU's investment support schemes in new member states.

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Efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000 2004

Vasiliev

Astover²,

Mõtte³

et al. 2008

AFSci

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“…The approach presented in this paper is an attempt to close a gap that existed between agricultural sector models (e.g., Fapri-Ireland-Partnership, 2003) that ignore environmental side effects of policy changes and biophysical models (e.g., Zalidis, et al, 2004or Jordan et al, 1994 which have to treat responses of farmers to policy changes exogenously. Our modelling approach is comparable to integrated ecological and economic models like those developed by Moxey et al (1995), Vatn et al (1997), Önal et al (1998), and Yiridow and Weersink (1998).…”

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“…In a framework of Driving forces-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR), developed by Zalidis et al (2004), a functional relationships between the following elements is presented:…”

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On the choice of farm management practices after the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2003

Schmid

Sinabell

2007

Journal of Environmental Management

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThe Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was fundamentally reformed in 2003. From 2005 on, farmers will receive decoupled income support payments instead of production premiums if basic standards for environment, food safety, animal health and welfare are met. Farmers will likely adjust production and management practices to the new policy framework. We describe how this reform fits into the EU strategy of making agricultural production more environmentally friendly by concentrating on financial aspects. Using an agricultural sector model for Austria, we show that the reform will further decrease agricultural outputs, reduce farm inputs, lessen nitrogen surpluses and make environmentally friendly management practices more attractive for farmers.JEL classification: Q12, Q18, Q24, Q28

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“…Many stakeholders in the agriculture sector have contributed to this progress by improving agricultural productivity, protecting human and natural resources and conceiving and implementing frameworks, standards and indicators for assessing and improving sustainability and farm performance across the agricultural sector and along the value chain (Langeveld et al, 2007;Valtýniová, Křen, 2011;Zalidis et al, 2004).…”

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Optimal set of agri-environmental indicators for the agricultural sector of Czech Republic

Hřebíček¹,

Trenz²,

Vernerová³

2013

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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Selecting agri-environmental indicators to facilitate monitoring and assessment of EU agri-environmental measures effectiveness

Cited by 48 publications

References 6 publications

Efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000 2004

Efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000 2004

On the choice of farm management practices after the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2003

Optimal set of agri-environmental indicators for the agricultural sector of Czech Republic

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