This report analyses the likely effects of Croatia's accession to the European Union (EU) on the agricultural and food sectors in terms of trade, production, employment and GDP for Croatia, the EU-27 and their main trading partners. Using a multi-country Computable General Equilibrium model...

A recent Commission Staff Working Paper, based on collaborative research with Groupe d'Economie de Mondiale in Paris, estimates that the Common Agricultural Policy reduces GDP in the European Union, and lowers overall global welfare by about US$45 billion.The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of...

The medium-term outlook for wheat and sugar markets in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Zambia depicts a mixed picture with regard to production, consumption, prices and trade development. It takes the latest trends, policies and market information into consideration, but remains subject to...

This report presents both methodology and results of a medium-term outlook for soybean markets in South Africa, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. Soybeans are attractive crops for many economic, social and environmental reasons, and the sector appears to have a promising future in Eastern and...

Food security, natural resources and climate change related questions focusing on a longer time horizon (2050+) are gaining importance. To assess the requirements and challenges entailed with the simulation of long-term issues in the agri-food sector the JRC-IPTS carried out the project...

The Common Agricultural Policy SIMulation (CAPSIM) model is one of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS) in-house models used for impact analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). It is a calibrated, comparative static,...

The proceedings of the 107th EAAE seminar "Modelling Agricultural and Rural Development Policies" (29 January - 1 February, 2008 in Seville) include selected scientific papers on modelling approaches and results of the impact assessments of agricultural and rural development policies. The papers...