The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy Reforms

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy Reforms
Author: Marko Lovec
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137572787

This book engages in the controversies of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, demonstrating how these are reiterated by mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. The reforms that the European Union’s CAP underwent during the last three decades were intended to make it less trade-distorting, more taxpayer-friendly and more able to meet the new challenges of environmental concerns and rural development/territorial cohesion. The outcome of the reforms has, however, contradicted these objectives, with the controversies being reiterated by the mainstream theoretical approaches in the field. European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy Reforms argues that these controversies are due to reductionist, rationalist and idealist assumptions with regard to the object of inquiry applied by mainstream approaches. It proposes an alternative critical approach that takes into account the role of real material factors. Critical realism is not just an alternative explanation of CAP reforms but an alternative theory of how explanations can be made, which enables readers to reflect upon and endorse the results of existing lines of research in proceeding towards deeper level theory.

Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries

Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries
Author: David Blandford
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2006
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: 1845930851

This book explores the policy implications of growing pressures for economic adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries. The primary focus is on Europe and North America, but adjustment policies in other developed countries are discussed. Some chapters are based on an international workshop at Imperial College, London in October 2003 and an international symposium in Philadelphia in the spring of 2004.

Farmland Conversion The Spatial Dimension of Agricultural and Land Use Policies

Farmland Conversion The Spatial Dimension of Agricultural and Land Use Policies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2009-03-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9264415521

Land is a key input into agricultural production and the agricultural sector remains the main user of rural land in most OECD countries. How land is managed in agriculture, and the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses, are likely to have implications not only for the provision of food, but also for the supply of public goods such as rural amenities, as well as for the quantity and quality of water.

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Japan

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Japan
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2009-06-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9264061541

The report looks at the evolution of Japanese agricultural policy over the last several decades, but maintains its analytical focus on policies currently in place. In addition to reporting a wide variety of statistics, much of which were provided by ...

Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture

Handbook on the Globalisation of Agriculture
Author: Guy M. Robinson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857939831

This Handbook provides insights to the ways in which globalisation is affecting the whole agri-food system from farms to the consumer. It covers themes including the physical basis of agriculture, the influence of trade policies, the nature of globalis

Environmental Education

Environmental Education
Author: Matthew Etherington
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2023-08-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666724955

This book has a single motif and a dual purpose. Its motif is the portrayal of influential authors within an environmental framework and worldview. The design is presented in different ways in which environmental understandings might be understood. The purposes are to engender in the reader a broad knowledge of some of the ideas and problems inherent in a discussion of nature and the environment and to stimulate the reader to go further into the sources of their tradition and worldview in search of meaning and insights that are uniquely relevant to their philosophy.

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the United States

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the United States
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9264096728

This study analyses and evaluates US agricultural policies, focusing on the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, in the context of developments in agricultural policy that have taken place in the United States since 1985.

Managing Risk in Agriculture A Holistic Approach

Managing Risk in Agriculture A Holistic Approach
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009-09-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9264075313

This book examines the current magnitude and characteristics of risk-related policies in agriculture and what is known about the quantitative size of agricultural risks. It also looks at the on-farm, off-farm, and market instruments available to manage risk.