Analysing stylised scenarios with economic modelling tools reveals complex relations, incentives and trade-offs of the different policy instruments, in particular regarding the environmental dimension. Marginal areas of the EU are most vulnerable to drastic policy changes.

Accession to the European Union (EU) is undoubtedly a political goal for the Western Balkan (WB) countries, even though these countries are at different stages of integration with the EU. The adaptation and the modernisation of agriculture play important roles in this process and they are...

Accession to the European Union (EU) is undoubtedly a political goal for the Western Balkan (WB) countries, even though these countries are at different stages of integration with the EU. The adaptation and the modernisation of agriculture play important roles in this process and they are...

This study analyses the potential evolution of agricultural income and the viability of selected farming systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, and Romania under different Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) implementation scenarios. The assessment of the pre-Accession situation...

This report provides an overview of the potential contribution of economic experiments to the Common Agricultural Policy evaluation toolbox. The methodology of economic experiments is briefly described in chapter 2. Chapter 3 presents examples of experimental studies relevant for the analysis of...

This report is based on information collected from a face-to-face survey of more than 1 000 farmers from three regions of Albania (namely Berat, Elbasan and Lezhë). To identify a representative sample of Albanian farming systems, a three-step sample design was used. A group of 11 variables...

This report provides an overview of the potential contribution of economic experiments to the Common Agricultural Policy evaluation toolbox. The methodology of economic experiments is briefly described in chapter 2. Chapter 3 presents examples of experimental studies relevant for the analysis of...

The present study aims to analyse farmers' intentions to invest in the period 2014-2020, focussing on investments in land, buildings, machinery and equipment, training, and quotas and production rights. It provides up-to-date information on EU farm investment patterns that is not otherwise...

The document is the final report of the CAPRESE Soils project (CArbon PREservation and SEquestration in agricultural soils) carried out by the JRC under Administrative Arrangement N° AGRI-2012-0166. Key findings, recommendations and conclusions are summarised in the Executive Summary while...

Farming in the islands of the European Union faces specific challenges due to isolation and small size, which justify specific policy tools in terms of structural and regional polices. The question whether the output of island farming (island agricultural and food products) is of such a specific...