Essays about: "Common Agricultural Policy CAP"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 41 essays containing the words Common Agricultural Policy CAP.

1. 21. Analysing the greening measures of CAP reform 2014-2020, through the agriculture stakeholders’ perceptions : a Swedish case study

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Swathi Chaganty; [2016]
   Keywords : CAP; greening measures; agriculture stakeholders perception; biodiversity loss; sustainability;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to understand the perceptions held by the Swedish stakeholders on the greening measures established in the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform 2014-2020. The study used the concepts of constructivism; ‘what’s the problem represented to be’, policy analysis tool as a framework; and finally viewed the greening measures and the related components of the reform from a broader perspective of agriculture sustainability discussed by Stuart Hill. READ MORE

3. 22. EU tree density limits in wooded pastures and their effects on bat populations within traditional agricultural landscapes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Heather Wood; [2016]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) recommends subsidies are only granted for wooded pastures with less than 100 trees per hectare. This arbitrary guidance exists despite these habitats being among the most biodiverse in rural Europe. READ MORE

4. 23. Free and green. The effect of decoupling CAP on emissions.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Li Von Sydow; [2016]
   Keywords : 2003 CAP reform; agriculture; environment; greenhouse gas emission; organic farming; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The Common Agricultural Policy is one of the most important policies within the European Union. However, the support from CAP have had some unexpected consequences for the environment. Major changes were made in 2003 regarding the way payments were given to farmers, in order to reduce the environmental impact of agricultural production. READ MORE

5. 24. In Search of the Ghost of Tom Joad – A study of the “local food” movement and its relation to the legal frameworks of the current food system

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Louise Nevander; [2016]
   Keywords : public international law; legal history; law and economics; EU law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The industrial food production system have given rise to tens of thousands of local, national and international social movements concerned with food and agriculture, reacting to the perceived social and environmental failures of the industrial food system. One of the directions inside these movements is the internationally based “local food” movement. READ MORE

6. 25. With power in their hands : a study of the creation of the Rural Development Program at the regional level in Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emma Wallin; [2015]
   Keywords : Rural Development Program; EU; Swedish Board of Agriculture; critical discourse analysis; power; the bureaucratic field; ideology; governmentality; Gävleborg County; Stockholm County;

   Abstract : Within the European Union, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) affects the governance of rural areas. The CAP operates through various policy processes at multiple levels, from EU to regional level. READ MORE