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Book Reform of the Common Agriculture Policy

Download or read book Reform of the Common Agriculture Policy written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reform of the Common Agriculture Policy

Book Mid Term Review of the Common Agriculture Policy

Download or read book Mid Term Review of the Common Agriculture Policy written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the Committee's earlier inquiry on the future of UK agriculture (HCP 550-I, ISBN 0215006100), this report examines the European Commission's proposals for the Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in its wider international context (such as World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and EU enlargement); and considers the implications for the UK agricultural sector and agri-environmental policy. Overall, the report finds that the Commission's proposals to remove the link between agricultural production and subsidies are 'brave and radical', and notes that CAP reform should strengthen the EU's negotiating position in WTO agricultural trade liberalisation meetings. However, an assessment of the funding implications involved is still required, and the Commission needs to determine the extent to which it is prepared to let EU member states emphasise environmental or social aspects within the Rural Development Programmes.

Book The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013

Download or read book The Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee criticises the European Commission's proposed sweeping reforms of the CAP that would see the current complex and bureaucratic system of direct payments replaced by one that could be even worse. These changes include a new tier of environmental conditions, with penalties for farm businesses that do not comply or fail to meet new criteria for 'active' farmers, farm size and number of employees. The Committee sets out the key principles the UK government should promote. The first objective of the CAP should be to maintain and enhance the EU's capacity to produce food with a significant degree of self sufficiency and, in the long term, less reliance on income support from the tax payer. The UK's future food security is threatened by the low profitability of its agriculture. More than half of UK farm businesses would be unprofitable without the support they receive through the CAP. The Committee concludes that direct payments have a place within the CAP for as long as business conditions in agriculture fail to deliver a thriving and profitable industry. The CAP must deliver a competitive and viable agricultural sector that produces safe and high quality food with a lower environmental impact. The UK should press for the EU to argue more strongly for recognition of environmental and animal welfare production standards within trade agreements. The committee also warns that the EU proposal for a multi-tiered single farm payment will require expensive new computer systems and auditing.

Book The UK Government s Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy

Download or read book The UK Government s Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HCP 1250, session 2005-06, not previously published

Book The UK Government s vision for the Common Agricultural Policy

Download or read book The UK Government s vision for the Common Agricultural Policy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2005 the Government launched a "Vision for the Common Agricultural Policy", which was intended to stimulate debate and show how the Common Agricultural Policy should change in 10-15 years. This report examines the proposals and finds them a lost opportunity. The Government should have directed the debate towards scrapping the existing CAP and replacing it with a Rural Policy for the European Union. There should thus be a new Vision document, launched in a more subtle way so that allies for reform can be enlisted. The credibility of the document depends on the Government providing full and detailed evaluation of the impact of proposals on biodiversity, the environment, markets for agricultural goods and individual farm enterprises. This should be done by mid 2008. The long-term justification of the expenditure of taxpayers' money is the provision of public benefit. These public goods should be measurable and capable of evaluation.

Book Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy Minutes of Evidence 5 November 2002 Vote

Download or read book Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy Minutes of Evidence 5 November 2002 Vote written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy Minutes of Evidence 29 October 2002 Vote

Download or read book Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy Minutes of Evidence 29 October 2002 Vote written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee Implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy in England 2014 2020 HC 745

Download or read book House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee Implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy in England 2014 2020 HC 745 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against a background where farm incomes are falling, the Government needs to recognise that cutting payments to England's farmers will reduce their ability to compete in the marketplace, will leave farmers less able to invest in vital infrastructure and may make them more vulnerable to shocks such as poor weather, higher input costs and price variations. The Committee also warns against plans to transfer more money away from direct payments to farmers by shifting it towards environmental schemes. It recommends that the Government maintains the current 9% rate of transfer away from the direct payment budget. This rate of transfer should rise to 15% in 2017 only if it can demonstrate that additional funds are required and that this change will deliver a clear benefit. Money should also only go to people who actually farm the land and meet an 'active farmer test'. From 2015, 30% of the direct payment will be conditional on farmers achieving basic environmental measures. A National Certification Scheme approach to 'greening' does not offer the flexibility to avoid the Commission's impractical crop diversification rule so the Government is right to dismiss this approach. A new, single IT system is being developed, and the Government want access to CAP funding to be 'digital by default', meaning farmers will have to apply online. A lot went wrong in the last round of changes, and these problems gave rise to £580 million in penalties. Does it make sense to introduce a new computer system at the same time as complex new payment rules?

Book Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid term Review of the CAP Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Third Report with Proceedings Evidence HC 151 I ii and HC 1282 I ii 2001 02 Not Printed Separately and Appendices

Download or read book Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid term Review of the CAP Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Third Report with Proceedings Evidence HC 151 I ii and HC 1282 I ii 2001 02 Not Printed Separately and Appendices written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Greening the Common Agricultural Policy

Download or read book Greening the Common Agricultural Policy written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Commission proposes that 30% of 'direct payments' made to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) would be conditional on compliance with three new 'greening' measures. While supporting the Commission's desire to improve the environment, the EFRA Committee rejects the approach proposed. Instead it calls for the EU to set high-level objectives for the CAP that provide for flexibility to apply the right measures for local conditions through 'decentralising' environmental protection under the CAP to Member States. This report highlights the huge benefit that UK 'agri-environment' schemes have brought to biodiversity, food production and the countryside. The Committee also urged Defra to ensure that the UK's tenant farmers should not be excluded from these schemes. The Committee concludes that Defra must ensure the balance of funding between mandatory and voluntary aspects of the CAP should not leave UK farmers at a competitive disadvantage relative to their counterparts in the rest of Europe. MPs also warn that measures proposed by the Commission would be even more complex than the current system - adding costly bureaucracy and generating more errors in the system. Likewise, the committee concludes that the Commission's crop diversification measure would in the UK have perverse consequences that are far less environmentally beneficial than crop rotation. Of the three 'greening' measures offered, the Commission's proposal for Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) has the potential to deliver the greatest environmental benefit. However, the lack of definitions within the proposals make it difficult to assess what, if any, such benefits would actually be delivered

Book Environmental Regulation and Farming

Download or read book Environmental Regulation and Farming written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Agriculture Committee and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid term Review of the CAP Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Fourth Special Report Government Response to Committee s Third Report Session 2002 03 HC 151

Download or read book Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Mid term Review of the CAP Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Fourth Special Report Government Response to Committee s Third Report Session 2002 03 HC 151 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: