Disaggregated Impacts Of Cap Reforms: Proceedings Of An Oecd Workshop Disaggregated Impacts Of Common Agricultural Policy Reforms

The Common Agricultural Policy (cap) Is An Important Policy For The European Union And Accounts For About 40% Of The Eu Budget. Ever Since Its Inception In 1958, The Cap Has Been Regularly Reviewed And Adjusted To Improve Its Performance And Adapt To Changing Circumstances. At A Time When The Post-2013 Future Of The Cap Is Being Discussed And Major Challenges Such As Food Security And Climate Change Lay Ahead, It Is Important To Review The Impact Of Past Reforms And To Draw Lessons For The Design Of Future Policies. While The Studies In These Proceedings Often Take Account Of National And International Market Effects Of Agricultural Policies, They Tend To Focus On The Impact Of Policies On Farms And At The Regional And Local Levels. Today, The European Union Is Composed Of Very Diverse Regions That Are Affected Very Differently By Any Given Farm Policy, Depending On The Structural Characteristics Of The Farms’ And Regions’ Economies. This Report Collects Papers Presented At The Oecd Workshop On Disaggregated Impacts Of Cap Reforms, Held In Paris In March 2010, Which Focused On Recent Reforms. In Particular, It Examined The Implementation Of The Single Payment Scheme Since 2005 And The Transfer Of Funds Between Different Measures. Special Attention Was Also Paid To Reforms Of The Sugar And Dairy Sectors With Respect To The Quota System And The Restructuring Of Both These Industries. The Papers Also Look At The Impact Of The New Direct Payment System On Land Use, Production And Income. Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- The Impact Of Decoupling And Modulation In The European Union: A Sectoral And Farm Level Assessment -- The Economic Impact Of Allowing Partial Decoupling Under The 2003 Common Agricultural Policy Reforms -- European Union Land Markets And The Common Agricultural Policy -- The Impact Of The Health Check On Structural Change And Farm Efficiency: A Comparative Assessment Of Three European Agricultural Regions -- European Union Dairy Policy Reform: Impact And Challenges -- The Impact Of Decoupling And Price Variation On Dairy Farmers' Strategy: Overview Of Theoretical And Real Effects -- Scenar 2020-ii: Decomposition Analysis To Understand Policy Impacts On Agricultural Primary Production And Related Processing Sectors -- The Impact Of The European Union Sugar Reform On The Beet Processing Sector -- The Impact Of Sps Implementation Options On The Distribution Of Support -- The Cap Health Check In France: A Significant Redistribution Of Payments? -- Distribution Of Agricultural Direct Payments: The Case Of France -- The Impact Of Cap Reform On The Environment: Some Regional Results -- Environmental Consequences In Austria Of The 2003 Cap Reform -- The Impact Of The Cap On Regional Employment: A Multi-modelling Cross-country Approach -- The Impact Of Modulation As A Policy Instrument -- Spatial Structure Of Agricultural Production In France: The Role Of The Common Agricultural Policy -- Annex. The Oecd Workshop On The Disaggregated Impacts Of Cap Reforms Was Held In Paris On 10-11 March 2010.--foreword. Includes Bibliographical References. Foreword......Page 5 Table of contents......Page 7 Abbreviations......Page 9 Overview......Page 11 The Impact of Decoupling on Agricultural Markets and Farm Performance......Page 15 The impact of decoupling and modulation in the European Union: a sectoral and farm level assessment......Page 17 The IDEMA project......Page 18 Survey-based analysis of farmers’ intentions......Page 20 Farm survival and growth......Page 21 Farmers’ attitudes and expectations......Page 23 Agent-based regional modelling......Page 24 The AgriPoliS model......Page 25 New member states (EU10)......Page 27 Impacts of decoupling on farming in EU15......Page 28 Notes......Page 33 References......Page 34 The economic impact of allowing partial decoupling under the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy reforms......Page 37 Partial decoupling......Page 40 Quantifying the impact of partial decoupling......Page 44 Results......Page 45 Conclusions......Page 51 Notes......Page 52 References......Page 53 The Impact of the Single Payment Scheme on Land Markets and Farm Structure......Page 55 European Union land markets and the Common Agricultural Policy......Page 57 The basic model......Page 58 Empirical insights from literature......Page 60 Evidence from EU accession......Page 61 Evidence from the 2003 CAP reforms......Page 64 SPS entitlements: activation, trade and valuation......Page 69 Distribution of SPS benefits......Page 71 Notes......Page 73 References......Page 75 The impact of the Health Check on structural change and farm efficiency: a comparative assessment of three European agricultural regions......Page 77 Methodology......Page 79 The scenarios......Page 82 Initial data and results obtained......Page 84 Notes......Page 89 References......Page 90 Annex 4.A.1......Page 91 The Impact of Dairy Reform......Page 93 European Union dairy policy reform: impact and challenges......Page 95 Analytical framework of analysis......Page 97 Impact assessment of the 2003 reform and 2009 Health Check on the milk market......Page 100 Selected impacts at dairy farm level......Page 103 Evaluation......Page 107 Conclusions......Page 109 Notes......Page 111 References......Page 112 The impact of decoupling and price variation on dairy farmers’ strategy: overview of theoretical and real effects......Page 113 Materials and method......Page 114 Results......Page 121 Discussion......Page 129 Conclusions......Page 130 Note......Page 131 References......Page 132 The Impact of CAP Reform on the Agro-Food Industry......Page 135 Scenar 2020-II: Decomposition analysis to understand policy impacts on agricultural primary production and related processing sectors......Page 137 Importance of identifying individual policy effects......Page 138 Economic modelling......Page 139 CAP policy implementation in the economic modelling......Page 140 Decomposition technique for estimating individual policy impact......Page 142 Policy effects upon aggregated commodity production......Page 146 Policy effects on separate agricultural sector commodity production......Page 149 Agricultural land use......Page 150 Conclusions......Page 151 Notes......Page 152 The impact of the European Union sugar reform on the beet processing sector......Page 153 The EU sugar beet policy in the pre-reform period......Page 154 Major features of the reform......Page 155 What has been achieved by 2010?......Page 156 New-look EU sugar balance sheet......Page 157 International implications......Page 158 Note......Page 159 The Impact of CAP Reform on the Distribution of Support and Income......Page 161 The impact of SPS implementation options on the distribution of support......Page 163 Impacts of national implementations of SPS......Page 164 Implementation and impacts of SPS in Germany......Page 165 Alternative direct payment arrangement options......Page 173 Notes......Page 174 References......Page 175 The CAP Health Check in France: A significant redistribution of payments?......Page 177 The Health Check of the CAP......Page 178 A method for simulating measures resulting from the CAP Health Check......Page 183 Redistribution resulting from the CAP Health Check......Page 188 Conclusions......Page 193 Notes......Page 194 References......Page 195 Distribution of agricultural direct payments: the case of France......Page 197 Direct payment distribution: an institutional approach......Page 198 Compulsory and voluntary redistributing tools......Page 202 The hybrid status of the French historical decoupling scheme......Page 205 A new coupling rationale......Page 208 Conclusions......Page 210 Notes......Page 211 References......Page 213 The Impact of CAP Reform on the Environment......Page 215 The impact of CAP reform on the environment: some regional results......Page 217 Agent-based approach to environmental assessment......Page 220 Results of environmental impact assessment......Page 224 Impact on pollution risk......Page 231 Notes......Page 234 References......Page 235 Environmental consequences in Austria of the 2003 CAP reform......Page 237 CAP measures, subsidies and the environment......Page 238 Modelling the implementation of the 2003 CAP reform in Austria......Page 240 Ex ante model results and indicators before and after the CAP 2003 reform......Page 243 Conclusions......Page 246 Notes......Page 247 References......Page 248 The Impact of CAP Reform on Rural Development......Page 251 The impact of the CAP on regional employment: a multi-modelling cross-country approach......Page 253 Methodological background......Page 255 The case study regions......Page 256 A cross-regional assessment......Page 257 Conclusions......Page 263 Note......Page 264 References......Page 265 The impact of modulation as a policy instrument......Page 267 Methodology of the study on the impact of modulation......Page 268 Scenarios......Page 272 Results......Page 273 The impact of modulation......Page 283 Notes......Page 285 References......Page 286 Spatial structure of agricultural production in France: the role of the Common Agricultural Policy......Page 287 Regional specialisation......Page 288 Sectoral concentration......Page 290 Spatial autocorrelation......Page 292 Spatial regression models......Page 296 Variable description......Page 298 Conclusions......Page 303 Notes......Page 305 References......Page 306 Annex......Page 313 This report collects papers presented at the OECD Workshop on Disaggregated Impacts of CAP [Common Agricultural Policy] Reforms, held in Paris in March 2010, which focused on recent reforms. In particular, it examined the implementation of the single payment scheme since 2005 and the transfer of funds between different measures. Special attention was also paid to reforms of the sugar and dairy sectors with respect to the quota system and the restructuring of both these industries. The papers also look at the impact of the new direct payment system on land use, production and income.--Publisher's description