
Your search for "Agricultural Economics" produced 307 items.
| 1. Talks begin on market management overhaul | January 23, 2012 |
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Ministers to discuss quotas for milk, sugar. National agriculture ministers will next week (23 January) give their first reactions to a European Commission proposal to end... | |
| 2. The role of the EU in global food security | November 10, 2011 |
The EU must play its part in producing food both for its citizens and for people elsewhere. As European policymakers and politicians consider their responses to the European... |
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| 3. The Iron Curtain's shadow over agricultural reform | November 4, 2011 |
The European Commission's CAP proposals would distort competition and perpetuate an historical injustice. The EU's institutions have made many good statements and resolutions... |
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| 4. The CAP, viewed from 2020 | October 20, 2011 |
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We will look back on the latest reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy as a massive missed opportunity. The hue and cry of winners and losers will dominate debate about... | |
| 5. Bias persists against newer EU states | October 13, 2011 |
Agriculture commissioner admits reform concessions. Dacian Ciolos, the European commissioner for agriculture and rural development, has admitted compromising on his ambition... |
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| 6. Will the CAP fit? | October 6, 2011 |
The arguments over the EU's future support to farming and the countryside.
The European Commission is scheduled to approve next week (12 October) proposals to reform the... |
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| 7. Poland has a chance to clean up the Baltic Sea | July 14, 2011 |
During its EU presidency, Poland should develop an agricultural policy that helps the Baltic Sea. While the final shape of the EU's future budget and Common Agricultural... |
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| 8. Auditors say non-farmers received EU support | June 30, 2011 |
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Sports clubs, airports and campsites received farm payments. Sports clubs, airports and campsites have received money from the EU that should have gone to farmers, according... | |
| 9. Not fair and not green | April 28, 2011 |
The EU's agriculture policies are missing the mark. The unnamed EU diplomat who told |
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| 10. Which way forward for Europe's rural areas? | April 20, 2011 |
Depopulation from urban areas poses serious challenges for Europe's policymakers. The Common Agricultural Policy is not the only source of European Union funds for the... |
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| 11. Farm aid tied to meeting EU's biodiversity needs | April 20, 2011 |
European Commission's environment department will attempt to set out better protection for species and habitats threatened with over-exploitation and extinction. A sweeping... |
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| 12. Farmers could keep subsidies in exchange for ‘going green' | March 17, 2011 |
Commissioners discuss ideas on CAP reform, but farmers' groups are critical of latest idea. Paying farmers to look after the environment could provide secure political... |
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| 13. Clash of visions over agricultural reform | March 10, 2011 |
Divsions over planned agricultural reform are emerging. Attempts to forge agreement among agriculture ministers on the reform of Europe's farm policy are coming unstuck,... |
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| 14. Challenges and uncertainties | January 27, 2011 |
How the European Commission expects the markets for the major farm products to develop over the next decade. Land-grabbing biofuel, chicken Kiev and the enduring popularity... |
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| 15. Making the world's mouths water | January 27, 2011 |
How the food industry could sharpen its competitive edge. Significant hopes rest on Europe's food industry. It has proved relatively resilient during the economic crisis,... |
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| 16. Picking up the bill for cheap food | January 27, 2011 |
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Exploring the tensions in the food-supply chain over the distribution of income. These are difficult times for farmers. Their costs of production have risen steadily, their... | |
| 17. How safe is Europe's access to food? | January 27, 2011 |
Everyone favours food security, but there are very different opinions about whether it is a problem for Europe and how to respond to it. In the European Union, hunger is a... |
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| 18. Preparing for a different tomorrow | January 27, 2011 |
The global food system will face unprecedented pressures over the next 40 years. How will Europe cope? Europe's farm policy has come a long way since 1957, when six... |
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| 19. EU food security, the rhetoric and reality | January 21, 2011 |
Europe's concerns about its food security do not withstand examination. In the wake of the 2007-08 surge in food prices, food security has become the most pervasive and... |
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| 20. Will Europe's agricultural evolution pick up speed? | November 25, 2010 |
Dacian Ciolos presents blueprint for reform, but farmers say proposal undermines food security. Evolution, not revolution, is how Dacian Ciolos, the European commissioner... |
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