This annex provides a summary of the literature reviewed in the context of the potential impact of actions supported under Measures 8 and 15 of the Rural Development Programmes implemented in Member States and regions of the EU. The purpose of the literature review is to look at the evidence of...

The objective of this evaluation study was to carry out an evaluation of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment ('greening measures') under the Direct Payments Regulation, part of Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). It covers 17...

The scope of the evaluation covers the chapter of the direct payments regulation relating to the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment (chapter 3 of Title III of Regulation (EU) 1307/2013), the so-called 'greening payment'. Where relevant to the...

The objective of this evaluation study of the Forest Measures under Rural Development was to carry out an evaluation of these measures, at the EU 28 level and for the present programming period 2014-2020. It covers 16 evaluation study questions (EQ) relating to: the drivers influencing the...

A large majority think agriculture and rural areas are important for the future, but there is no clear consensus about whether several aspects of rural life are improving or getting worse - More than nine in ten (92%) think agriculture and rural areas are important for the future, with 53%...

The United States has perhaps the richest history of any jurisdiction in regards to agricultural policy, having started with various legislation in the late 1800s that created land grant colleges, agricultural experiment stations and county-level extension agencies - the functions of teaching,...

The main objective of the case study is to analyse the transition from single-peril insurance to multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI), being either pure private-based or public-private under Article 37 (Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013). Policy makers in Germany and the Netherlands have the ambition...

Three Member States, Hungary, Italy, and Spain (the Castilla y Leon region) planned expenditures in their Rural Development programmes for creating an Income Stabilisation Tool (IST) under Article 39 for the period 2014-2020. At the beginning of 2017, none of these Member States had implemented...

The 'Study on risk management in EU agriculture' provides an analysis of current agricultural risks and risk management instruments. It provides a mapping of relevant risks in EU agriculture. Information on availability and use of risk management instruments was collected in all Member States...

The case study analyses the development of Mutual Funds (MFs) designed under Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013. Three Member States planned expenditures in their Rural & Development programmes 2014-2020 on such MFs for compensating production losses due to climatic, sanitary and...