The Common Agricultural Policy Explained (CAP)
A history of successful change
Farmers are no longer paid just to produce food. Today’s CAP is
demand driven. It takes consumers’ and taxpayers’ concerns fully
into account, while giving EU farmers the freedom to produce
what the market needs. In the past, the more farmers produced
the more they were subsidised. From now on, the vast majority of
aid to farmers is paid independently of how much they produce
Under the new system farmers still receive direct income payments
to maintain income stability, but the link to production has been
severed. In addition, farmers have to respect environmental,
food safety, phytosanitary and animal welfare standards. Farmers
who fail to do this will face reductions in their direct payments
(a condition known as ‘cross-compliance’). Severing the link
between subsidies and production (usually termed ‘decoupling’)
will enable EU farmers to be more market-orientated. They will
be free to produce according to what is most profitable for them
while still enjoying a required stability of income.
This series of reforms has now painted a clearer future for the CAP,
making more apparent its value to all of society.
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Common Agriculture Policy, has made a lot of important changes about farmers and their payment and also how they can produce food in a safe way and at the same time will profit if they did their job the right way. Actually CAP gave the opportunity to the farmers to produce their own selection products in under some its conditions and they will be free to prize their job but except all the others standards, farmers also must respect the environment, food safety etc. On the other hand, if farmers fail will have to face reductions to their payment.
References
European Commission Acriculture and Rural Development. (2012). The Common Agricultural Policy Explained. Retrieved January 20, 2012 from: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/publi/capexplained/cap_en.pdf
A history of successful change
Farmers are no longer paid just to produce food. Today’s CAP is
demand driven. It takes consumers’ and taxpayers’ concerns fully
into account, while giving EU farmers the freedom to produce
what the market needs. In the past, the more farmers produced
the more they were subsidised. From now on, the vast majority of
aid to farmers is paid independently of how much they produce
Under the new system farmers still receive direct income payments
to maintain income stability, but the link to production has been
severed. In addition, farmers have to respect environmental,
food safety, phytosanitary and animal welfare standards. Farmers
who fail to do this will face reductions in their direct payments
(a condition known as ‘cross-compliance’). Severing the link
between subsidies and production (usually termed ‘decoupling’)
will enable EU farmers to be more market-orientated. They will
be free to produce according to what is most profitable for them
while still enjoying a required stability of income.
This series of reforms has now painted a clearer future for the CAP,
making more apparent its value to all of society.
___________________________________________________________________________________
Common Agriculture Policy, has made a lot of important changes about farmers and their payment and also how they can produce food in a safe way and at the same time will profit if they did their job the right way. Actually CAP gave the opportunity to the farmers to produce their own selection products in under some its conditions and they will be free to prize their job but except all the others standards, farmers also must respect the environment, food safety etc. On the other hand, if farmers fail will have to face reductions to their payment.
References
European Commission Acriculture and Rural Development. (2012). The Common Agricultural Policy Explained. Retrieved January 20, 2012 from: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/publi/capexplained/cap_en.pdf
Good Evgenia but try to write shorter and less complex sentences. Have alook at some language corrections I made:
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήCommon Agriculture Policy, has made a lot of important changes for farmers and their payment and also how they can produce food in a safe way and earn profits at the same time by doing their job the right way. Actually CAP gave the opportunity to the farmers to produce their own selection of products under some conditions. [*and they will be free to prize their job but] Apart from all the other standards, farmers also must respect the environment, food safety etc. On the other hand, if farmers fail they will have to face reductions to their payment.
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