This study showcases a new class of administrative, geo-spatial data sourced from agricultural subsidy registers as a powerful tool for agricultural policy evaluation. Beyond full national coverage and accurate identification of land use, the key novel feature of GeoSpatial Aid Application...

Agri-environment-climate measures and organic farming support have been the main contractual instruments promoting environment-friendly agricultural practices in the European Union since the 90s. They are insufficient in reaching significant environmental improvements, partly because...

Die vom Deutschen Verband für Landschaftspflege entwickelte "Gemeinwohlprämie" (GWP) soll Agrarzahlungen stärker an Umweltleistungen koppeln. Sie folgt fünf Prinzipien: (1) öffentliches Geld für öffentliche Leistungen, (2) Verbesserung des Zustandes der adressierten Umweltgüter /...

Die vom Deutschen Verband für Landschaftspflege entwickelte "Gemeinwohlprämie" (GWP) soll Agrarzahlungen stärker an Umweltleistungen koppeln. Sie folgt fünf Prinzipien: (1) öffentliches Geld für öffentliche Leistungen, (2) Verbesserung des Zustandes der adressierten Umweltgüter /...

There is a growing interest in collective contracts to address agri-environmental policy goals at landscape scales. Yet, little is known about farmers' general willingness to cooperate. We developed four treatments of a linear public goods game to investigate farmers' willingness to cooperate:...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) continues to represent a substantial part of the European Union's budget. Although the second pillar is co-financed by national governments, European funds represent the vast majority of public spending on agriculture and rural development. In the case of...

Animal welfare assumes a certain relevance within a farm context in the European Union through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In the face of a wide range of animal welfare legislation enacted in Europe since the 1970s, also following ambitious public and private debates sometimes...

The 7th General Census of Italian Agriculture offers an opportunity to assess the current state and key trends within Italian agriculture. One pressing issue that it highlights is the aging workforce in this sector. Encouraging youth entrepreneurship is a primary goal endorsed by both national...

This study showcases a new class of administrative, geo-spatial data sourced from agricultural subsidy registers as a powerful tool for agricultural policy evaluation. Beyond full national coverage and accurate identification of land use, the key novel feature of GeoSpatial Aid Application...

Die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern ist seit 1999 ein politikfeldübergreifendes Ziel der EU. Dennoch stellte der Sonderbericht des Europäischen Rechnungshofs zum Gender Mainstreaming im EU-Haushalt 2021 fest, dass dieses Ziel bislang kaum adressiert wurde. Auch in der Gemeinsamen...

This note examines the state of carbon farming (CF) policies in the European Union (EU), highlighting their potential to deliver significant public benefits, such as improved soil health, air quality, and climate mitigation. The existing mechanisms for encouraging carbon sequestration and...

In early 2025, the European Union launched a new phase of dialogue on the future of agricultural and food policies, aiming to move beyond the sustainability-centred narratives of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy. The initiative, grounded in the "Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU...

The paper aims to recognize the mechanism by which production-linked payments stimulate the inputs of production factors in agriculture and the mechanism for transforming subsidies into remuneration for production factors. The study is theoretical, and the research methods used are economic...

The introduction of the new delivery model in the 2023-2027 Common Agricultural Policy increased the decision-making and management autonomy of Member States and their regions when implementing Rural Development policies. Thus, understanding the drivers behind allocation choices for rural...

This work aimed at paving the way for a better coverage of the effects of agroecological practices on soil quality and on biodiversity in the Environmental Footprint (EF) methods, the EU recommended life cycle assessment (LCA) based methods to quantify the environmental impacts of products and...

Die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern ist seit 1999 ein politikfeldübergreifendes Ziel der EU. Dennoch stellte der Sonderbericht des Europäischen Rechnungshofs zum Gender Mainstreaming im EU-Haushalt 2021 fest, dass dieses Ziel bislang kaum adressiert wurde. Auch in der Gemeinsamen...

This edition of the EU CAP Network magazine focuses on the economic, social and environmental dimensions of climate adaptation, highlighting the role of networking in supporting sustainable agriculture and rural responses to climate change.

This edition of the EU CAP Network magazine focuses on the economic, social and environmental dimensions of climate adaptation, highlighting the role of networking in supporting sustainable agriculture and rural responses to climate change.

The European Union's common agricultural policy (CAP) has undergone significant transformations in recent years, with a growing emphasis on environmental sustainability. Evaluating the effectiveness of CAP interventions is a way to learn from the past and support future policy planning.

The purpose of the 'Support for Smart Villages in the CAP Strategic Plans' report carried out in the framework of the 2nd Preparatory Action - Smart areas in the 21th century - is to provide an overview on how Smart Villages concept has been programmed in the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plans (CAP...

Studies assessing the economic impact of the F2F strategy estimate significant losses in EU-27 agricultural production and global changes in markets that will affect other regions. We contribute with an estimate of the impact on individual EU Member States, which has not been assessed so far....

Twenty years have passed since the first eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU). This paper assesses the impacts of EU accession on agriculture and rural regions of Central and Eastern European countries and identifies the reasons behind differences in country performance. Results...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone policy of the European Union, increasingly focused on promoting environmentally sustainable practices. In 2014, the CAP introduced Greening payments and a crop diversification requirement to enhance soil resilience and mitigate ecosystem...

The Scenar 2040 study provides a comprehensive analysis of the potential impacts of two hypothetical scenarios related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the EU agricultural sector and its broader environment. The baseline (reference scenario) is calibrated to the 2023 EU Agricultural...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has incorporated climate change action and environmental care in addition to traditional goals aimed at enhancing farmers' incomes. However, such a policy is not free from drawbacks and limitations, which limit its internal coherence and external credibility....

The present paper is the first scientific investigation of the future European farmer profiles. An expert interview combined with sophisticated multi-criteria decision-making techniques were employed as main research tools. Lithuania served as an empirical basis for the research. The dynamics of...

The purpose of this short communication is to draw attention to the issue of farmers' perception of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments for the conservation of livestock biodiversity. We gathered data through semi-structured interviews with a sample of nine farmers located in north-western...

Despite being the EU's largest budgetary instrument, direct payments remain allocated through political compromise rather than clear methodological criteria, sustaining long-standing disparities between EU-15, EU-10 member states, undermining solidarity. This paper proposes 18 models based on...

The article determines the strategy for the development and transformation of Ukraine's agricultural system in the process of accession to the EU. This article analyzes the most common contemporary political systems and business models of agriculture in the world. On this basis, the current...

The distribution and concentration of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support and its impact on farm income have gained increasing attention in public debate and scientific literature. Previous studies highlighted the highly concentrated nature of direct payments, which represent the bulk of...

The present study introduces a sophisticated index of the susceptibility of the dairy sectors of various EU countries to external turbulence. The index, created using the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution multi-criteria decision-analysis using monthly data from...

Widespread adoption of sustainable practices is crucial for a transformation of agriculture towards sustainability. Effective policy interventions to increase their adoption require an understanding of the behavioural drivers of adoption. Based on interviews with twelve experts on German...

Alongside the devolution of decision-making powers to Member States, the latest reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) introduced CAP Strategic Plans to enhance the design and implementation of increasingly complex policy objectives and to reinforce the use of evidence-based policymaking...

This paper investigates the persistence of territorial disparities in agricultural income across Italian macro-regions, with a particular focus on the role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Drawing on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) dataset, this study develops and...

The European Union (EU) aims to increase the adoption of organic farming as part of its Farm to Fork Strategy. However, farmers face uncertain adoption outcomes linked with crop yields, production costs, labour requirements, and ultimately farm income. Yet, comprehensive large-scale empirical...

Mit dem GAP-Strategieplan werden wichtige Maßnahmen der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik bis zum Ende dieses Jahrzehnts umgesetzt. Erfolg und Wirkungen der Interventionen werden nicht nur durch ein jährliches Monitoring erfasst, sondern müssen auch evaluiert werden. Dazu werden Effektivität,...