Abstract
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (Articles 32 to 38 in Title II of the EC Treaty of Rome — 25/03/1957) has played a major role in the process of European integration. It is one of the first fields for which the Member States transferred sovereignty to the European Community in order to define and apply uniform and harmonious rules. Several objectives were defined at the time: the main one was to guarantee food sufficiency for all, through enhanced productivity achieved by intensive production systems. Other objectives were to guarantee an equitable living standard for the agriculture population, market stability, and food security at reasonable prices for consumers. But it has also affected land use throughout Europe. In this paper we analyse the political context first, then the main challenges confronted by the CAP in relation to land use are analysed, next the responses sought by EU research programmes are presented and lastly, some of the issues that might need a policy response are developed. A brief conclusion is finally presented.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Hoekstra AY (ed) (2003) Virtual water trade: Proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade. Value of Water Research Report Series No. 12, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands.
Huang S, Gale F (2006) China’s Rising Fruit and Vegetable Exports Challenge U.S. Industries. USDA Outlook Report No. (FTS-32001) 21 pp. http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/fts/2006/02feb/fts32001/ [01.11.2006]
United Nations (2004) World Urbanization Prospects, the 2003 Revision, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, New York.
United Nations (2005) World Urbanization Prospects, the 2004 Revision, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, New York.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Deybe, D. (2007). Policies, research perspective and challenges on multifunctional land use. In: Mander, Ü., Wiggering, H., Helming, K. (eds) Multifunctional Land Use. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36763-5_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36763-5_9
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-36762-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-36763-5
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)