This book discusses a proposed bond scheme as part of theCommon Agricultural Policy reform in the EU. It presents a major survey of farmers conducted in Germany, Portugal and the UK to determine their likely reactions to the introduction of a bond scheme or similar partially decoupled payments such ...

This chapter reviews the debate on direct payments within the context of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, and its relation to EU expansion and World Trade Organization negotiations. Topics covered include the process of CAP reform, the context and pressures for CAP reform, and prospects for ...

This chapter reviews proposals for decoupled payments to facilitate Common Agricultural Policy reform, highlighted in the literature from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The issues emerging from a bond scheme proposed in a 1990 report for the Land Use and Food Policy Inter-Group of the European...

This chapter discusses the importance of direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy in the EU, and their treatment in the World Trade Organization. Topics covered include the origins of the 1992 reforms, the 1992 (MacSharry) and 1999 (Agenda 2000) reforms, and limits on the total level of ...