The future EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) requires coherence with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the international commitments in the fight against climate change. Next to ensuring stable food supply by supporting farmers and enhancing agricultural productivity, environmental...

The "Rule of Additional Costs" and Modern Economic Theory - Applied to Payments for Ecological ServicesBoth WTO and the EU use a "Rule of additional costs" (RAC) to restrict payments for ecological services in agriculture in order to prevent trade distortions. We assess this rule in the light of...

Various scenarios for an expiry of European Union milk quotas are analysed with the Common Agricultural Policy SIMulation (CAPSIM) model. This comparative-static, partial equilibrium modelling tool covering the whole of agriculture for all EU member states has been disaggregated to represent...