Title: Measuring the Environmental Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy: Challenges, Recent Trends and Outlook, and Future Directions
Abstract: The development of policy relevant indicators is important if future environment oriented expenditure within agricultural policy is to achieve value for money. Appropriate agri-environmental indicators can be useful in improving transparency, accountability and ensuring the success of monitoring, control and evaluation. Against this background the paper sets out (Section I) to examine the policy challenges in Europe that need to be addressed in developing policy relevant indicators. It then (Section II) describes recent trends and the future outlook to 2020 of the environmental impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy, including agriculture's role in protecting the stock of natural resources and landscapes; reducing environmental pollution from agriculture; and improving agri- environmental management and resource use efficiency. The paper concludes (Section III) by examining the future directions for indicators as a tool for policy purposes. I. Challenges: The Agri-Environmental Policy Context In Europe Agriculture plays only a small part in the economies of European Union (EU) member countries, accounting for about 2% of GDP and 5% of EU employment. But in terms of its impact on the environment and natural resources, agriculture's role is more significant accounting for 45% of EU total land use and over 30% of total water use.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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