Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Union
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- OECD
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47–80
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10.1787/9789264112124-6-en
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Abstract
Successive reforms of agricultural policy in the European Union (EU) have progressively and significantly reduced levels of protection and changed the way support is delivered to farmers. This chapter first describes the main characteristics of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as applied in 2010, including the various instruments in place, their funding and implementation. It then provides an overview of agricultural policy reforms implemented since the beginning of the 1990s, and analyses resulting developments in the level and composition of support using the OECD indicators of support, in particular the Producer Support Estimate (PSE).
