Cap Regimes and the European Countryside : Prospects for Integrations Between Agricultural, Regional and Environmental Policies

by Floor Brouwer; Philip Lowe

• ISBN13: 9780851993546
• ISBN10: 0851993540
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-06
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

This book reviews assessments on the environmental effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and assesses the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU. It focuses on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment, landscape and nature. Emphasis is given to comparative studies, rather than any limited to one country. The commodity regimes of the CAP ' e.g. the beef, wine and olive oil regimes ' are considered in detail.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
CAP and the Environment: Policy Development and the State of Research	1	(14)
Floor Brouwer
Philip Lowe
Part I Introduction: The Environmental Reform of Agricultural Policy	15	(38)
The Environmental Effects of Reforming Agricultural Policies	17	(14)
Wilfrid Legg
Integration of Environmental Objectives into Agricultural Policy Making	31	(22)
Philip Lowe
David Baldock
Part II The Environmental Performance of the CAP Regimes	53	(186)
The Beef Regime	55	(16)
Erling Andersen
Alastair Rutherford
Michael Winter
The Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Regime	71	(16)
Stuart Ashworth
Helen Caraveli
The Arable Crops Regime and the Use of Pesticides	87	(16)
Katherine Falconer
Arie Oskam
The Arable Crops Regime and Nitrogen Pollution Control	103	(14)
Floor Brouwer
Marga Hoogeveen
The Arable Crops Regime and the Countryside Implications	117	(20)
Michael Winter
The Wine Regime	137	(18)
Jordi Rosell
Lourdes Viladomiu
The Olive Oil Regime	155	(24)
Guy Beaufoy
Policies for Less Favoured Areas	179	(20)
Thomas Dax
Petra Hellegers
The Agri-environmental Measures (2078/92)	199	(22)
Henry Buller
Organic Farming	221	(18)
Nicolas Lampkin
Susanne Padel
Carolyn Foster
Part III Institutional Factors in Reorienting Agriculture	239	(64)
Do 'Soft' Regulations Matter?	241	(16)
Flemming Just
Ingo Heinz
National Cultural and Institutional Factors in CAP and Environment	257	(24)
Philip Lowe
Brendan Flynn
Flemming Just
Aida Valadas de Lima
Teresa Patricio
Andrea Povellato
Market Remuneration for Goods and Services Provided by Agriculture and Forestry	281	(22)
Maurizio Merlo
Erica Milocco
Paola Virgilietti
Part IV Outlook	303	(32)
Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agenda 2000	305	(16)
Werner Kleinhanss
Agenda 2000: A Wasted Opportunity?	321	(14)
Philip Lowe
Floor Brouwer
Index	335