Common Agricultural Policy uses a large share of its budget to support and stabilise the income of EU farmers by means of direct payments (DP). This paper assesses how much and how DP reduce the variability of farm income over time. The analysis is developed on a constant sample of 2402 Italian...

Der Gesetzgeber der Europäischen Union (EU) hat die Europäische Kommission mit der Überprüfung der Maßnahmen der ersten Säule der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) beauftragt, insbesondere der direkten Einkommensstützung. Dazu hat der Gesetzgeber die politischen Ziele dargelegt und die...

The legislator of the European Union (EU) has commissioned the European Commission (EC) to evaluate Pillar 1 measures of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly direct income payments. The legislator has laid out the policy objectives and has instructed the EC to specify the impact...

We estimate the impact of the removal of a railway transportation subsidy on the local economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, exploiting the large regional variation in these one-time freight rate increases. We find that higher freight rates - and hence lower farm gate prices -...

During the last five decades, policy approaches towards food security have promoted input-intensive agricultural technologies to increase global food production. However, there are concerns about the environmental, social and economic sustainability of this strategy. Environmental degradation...

Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How governments elect to spend public resources has significant development impact in this regard....

Zur Umsetzung der aktuellen EU-Agrarreform hat die deutsche Agrarministerkonferenz beschlossen, dass zukünftig kleinere Betriebe und Hofnachfolger durch besondere Zulagen begünstigt werden sollen. Infolge der regional sehr heterogenen Agrarstruktur ergeben sich hieraus erhebliche...

Global trade of upland cotton -- Political economy of agricultural subsidy programs -- WTO political environment prior to US-upland cotton case -- Origins of Brazil's US-upland cotton -- WTO dispute settlement : case study on US-upland cotton -- US-upland cotton : key legal findings as precedent...

In 2010, EU member states granted worth €10.3bn aid to their agricultural sector. Given the requirement to revise the guidelines for state aid in the agricultural sector by the end of 2013, this article presents the legal rules and facts of this topic from an economic point of view. It is...

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit möglichen Auswirkungen der Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) in 2014 auf die niedersächsische Landwirtschaft. Die vorliegende Analyse zeigt, dass vor allem in den Regionen mit intensivem Ackerbau der größte ökologische Nutzen von der geplanten...