Common Agriculture Policy

Question 0

when/why CAP set up?

Answer 0

57 treaty of rome–increase production, increase standard of living for farmers**, guarantee stability of market, guarantee supplies, good prices for consumers*

58 Stressor Principles–free and single market for agriculture and common policy, prefernece for M/S producers (encourage production), joint financial responsibility

1962 partnership between agriculture and society and Europe and its farmers
produce a set of conditions that will allow farmers to do their job…first of which is providing affordable food

Question 1

CAP timeline

Answer 1

1957 Treaty of Rome creates EEC
1962 CAP born
1984 CAP falls victim to its own success (surpluses stored as food mountains)
1992 CAP shifts from market support to producer support (direct payments to farmers and sustainable farming is encouraged)
2003 CAP provides income support (farmers receive income if they look after farmland and fulfill environmental, animal welfare, and food safety standards)
2013 CAP is reformed and strengthened the competitiveness sector, encouraging sustainability and innovation and growth in rural areas

Question 2

basic objectives/principles of CAP

Answer 2

improve agricultural productivity so that consumers have a stable supply of affordable food
to ensure that EU farmers can make a reasonable living

now...
food security (food supply will have to double by 2050)
climate change and sustainable management of natural resources
looking after the countryside in order to keep the rural economy alive

Question 3

Financing/Pricing (target, market, threshold, intervention)–EAGF, EAFRD

Answer 3

market–what farmer actually gets
intervention–when price gets this low, Commission buys excess and sells when market adjusts
threshold–minimum price for imports
target–goal price

Question 4

CAP effects (budget, over-production, environment, external trade, WTO clash)

Answer 4

over-production: in 80’s Commission had too much and it was going to go bad so encouraged farmers to sell by giving them the difference between market and target

external trade: limiting imports because of threshold price and dumping in other markets, so not happening

WTO clash: dumping????

budget: could not continue to subsidize farmers for making things that were not in demand
environment: land overuse????

Question 5

MacSharry Reforms

Answer 5

?????what introduced–direct aid, set asides, decoupling, cross compliance
groups/countries pro/anti reform
integration of Eastern Europe into CAP?????

Question 6

2003 Reforms

Answer 6

???????what introduced–direct aid, set asides, decoupling, cross compliance
groups/countries pro/anti reform
integration of Eastern Europe into CAP????????

Question 7

2013 reforms

Answer 7

???????what introduced–direct aid, set asides, decoupling, cross compliance
groups/countries pro/anti reform
integration of Eastern Europe into CAP????????

Question 8

Positive aspects of CAP

Answer 8

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