The common agricultural policy
Description
A policy evolving with the times
Agricultural policy
Target audience: General public
Agricultural policy
Target audience: General public
Sujets
Informations
| Publié par | EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-AGRICULTURE-AND-RURAL-DEVELOPMENT |
| Nombre de lectures | 81 |
| Langue | Español |
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European Commission
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• improving the quality of Europe’s food;
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EU policies to help agriculture provide:
• a single market, i.e. no trade barriers and free movement of goods
within the whole of the EU;
• direct payments to farmers to give a guaranteed minimum level
of income, but with no link to the quantity of production so as to
remove any trade distortions;
• measures to ensure that agricultural markets are stable;
• aid towards rural development goals such as:
— modernising farm buildings and machines,
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helping establish food processing facilities on the farm so that
farmers can earn more income from farm products by adding
value to them,
— assistance in marketing farm products,
— improving product quality and marketing of quality products,
— making improvements to animal welfare,
— renovating villages and rural facilities,
— assisting young farmers to set up on farms,
— assisting older farmers to retire;
• financial incentives to farm in a better way for the environment,
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offering financial assistance to farmers who agree to farm differ-
ently, for example by reducing numbers of animals per hectare
of land, or by planting trees and hedges, and so going beyond
conventional good farming methods,
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helping with the costs of nature conservation where farming is in
nature reserves,
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on public, animal and plant health) and look after their land properly
if they wish to qualify for direct income payments;
• incentives for farmers to find alternative forms of income (e.g. from
tourism);
• encouragement to grow woodland and forests;
• encouragement to produce biomass for environment-friendly
energy.
reforms of the CAP, should bring a substantial cut in trade-distorting
agricultural support, eliminate trade-distorting export competition
practices and contribute to a significant opening of agriculture mar-
kets whilst allowing for a special treatment for sensitive products. All
developing countries will benefit from special treatment, allowing
them to liberalise less over a longer period.
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more transparent and non-trade-distorting instruments — princi-
pally by divorcing about two thirds of payments to farmers from
levels of production.
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developing countries and led the way, among the wealthier nations,
in granting duty and quota free access to products originating in
least developed countries.
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and least developed countries is already impressive and is greater
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/capreform/index_
en.htm
This publication does not necessarily express the official views
of the Commission.
Published by Eugéne Leguen de Lacroix, European Commission
Directorate General for Agriculture
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