Abstract
The increasing awareness of the need for a financially sounder and environmentally friendlier policy has inspired attempts from the 1980s onward to adjust the CAP1. The reform of the CAP (approved in 1992) marked a turning point, aimed primarily at restructuring agricultural markets. One of the central elements of the CAP reform was the encouragement of farmers to use less intensive production methods, thereby reducing their impact on the environment and preventing the generation of unwanted surpluses. As part of the CAP reform, the Union agreed on a set of complementary agri-environmental and afforestation measures. Regulation 2078/92 concerns agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements for the protection of the environment and the preservation of the countryside. The objective of the regulation is twofold: to combine beneficial effects on the environment with a reduction of agricultural production; and to contribute to agricultural income diversification and rural development. To achieve such objectives, member-states have to draw up schemes. These schemes may provide aid for farmers who undertake practices that effect the environment and the countryside2.
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Louloudis, L., Arahoviti, E., Papadopoulos, D.Á. (2001). Interaction Between State and Non-state Actors in the Implementation of the CAP Agri-environmental Measures. In: Eder, K., Kousis, M. (eds) Environmental Politics in Southern Europe. Environment & Policy, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0896-9_12
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