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Greening agricultural payments in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy
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Greening agricultural payments in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy

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Environmental objectives have been increasingly integrated into the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since the mid-1980s. Integration has been pursued through the attachment of environmental conditions to the receipt of direct payments in Pillar 1 (cross compliance) and the use of voluntary agri-environment measures in Pillar 2. In formulating its proposals for the revision of the CAP post-2013, the Commission opted to pursue further integration largely through Pillar 1 through the introduction of a ‘green’ payment for farmers following a specified set of mandatory farm practices. The legislative process was not concluded in April 2013, but the initial positions of the Council and the European Parliament indicate that the level of greening ambition in this CAP reform will be very limited. Some explanations for the apparent failure to significantly reshape the CAP to tackle the problems faced by the natural environment are proposed. It is suggested that, far from being complementary, cross compliance and voluntary agri-environment measures are competing approaches to further greening of the CAP. Advocates of a greater focus on environmental objectives need to choose between these approaches.

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  • Matthews, Alan, 2013. "Greening agricultural payments in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy," 87th Annual Conference, April 8-10, 2013, Warwick University, Coventry, UK 158681, Agricultural Economics Society.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aesc13:158681
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.158681
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