Congress entitled " Agrifood and rural innovations for healthier societies", took place from 26 to 29 August 2014 in Ljubljana. It is the central scientific event in Europe in the field of agricultural economics, economics of food science and economics of natural resources. Triennial Congress of the European Association, represents a cross section of the research work of this period and sets guidelines for the future research work in this domain. The congress, which was attended by 688 participants from 53 countries, presented 225 contributed papers, 159 posters, organized sections 26 and four preconference workshops. The contributions presented at the congress discuss a wide range of issues and research approaches, such as: (i) the competitiveness of agribusiness, (Ii) natural resources, environment and agriculture, (iii) climate change and agriculture, (iv) risk management, (v) the effects of agricultural policy, (vi) the sustainable management of rural resources, (vii) the development of biomethodological tools ( vii) management of value chains in agriculture, (ix) food consumer behaviour. The honorary patron of the Congress was the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor. Plenary speaker at the Congress was the European Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Janez Potočnik. Members of the program group contributed decisively to the success of the Congress. In this respect, we highlight Ales Kuhar as the President of the organizing committee, Emil Erjavec as a Member of the Board of EAAE and Luka Juvančič as a member of the Program Committee.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 274780928The study provides an analysis of the the situation and trends in agriculture and agricultural policy in Southeastern European (SEE) countries. It attempts to describe the gaps that define the development and European integration process of agriculture in the SEE countries. Natural production potential for agriculture is relatively poorly used in the SEE countries. The available data reveals a persistently large proportion of uncultivated arable land as well as unused or poorly used permanent grassland. Compared to the EU, the crop output prices are somewhat more competitive, while the prices of livestock products are typically higher than in most EU Member States. With the exception of Serbia, all SEEs are net importers of agrofood products. Agricultural policy implemented in SEEs is not aligned with the actual policy in the EU in any aspect. On the other hand, the relative level of budgetary support as well as its composition is quite comparable to that recorded in some new Member States in the period before accession to the EU (1999). In the composition of total budgetary funds for agriculture in most SEEs direct producer support has the highest share. The dominant form of direct support in most SEEs are commoditylinked payments per area or per animal, price aids and input subsidies. In SEEs, the level of budgetary funds for rural development support is generally low. A clear road map for the implementation of agricultural policy reforms, incorporating the expected EU integration process, identifying the steps for a systematic implementation of strategies is a precondition for the efficient adjustment of agriculture.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 3499656The purpose of this chapter in the monography which scientifically assessed the last reform of Europaen union agricultural policy (CAP) is to discuss the conceptual context of the new CAP and its decision making process from the political science perspectives. The articulation and incidence of the recognized and potential new CAP drivers and discourses are elaborated through the emphasis on paradigmatic changes. The key focus of analysis is on the “greening” as the key term of this policy reform. The main thesis is that the dominant role of productivist discourse was to turn greening into “greenwash” strategy. During the negotiation process, the reform faced unfavourable setting which resulted in watering down of the environmental components. There are two main elements of the setting: firstly (i), reform took place parallel with negotiations on the European Union multi-annual budgetary frame. Since the decision required for unanimous vote, status quo bias of the procedure was strong, allowing member states whose preferences were closer to status quo to use legislative powers to influence CAP reform in a package deal. Secondly (ii) Lisbon treaty (2009) enabled in this field conservative oriented European parliament to equally to Council and the opportunity to watering down the CAP reform.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 3599752The sugar beet is the main field crop used for sugar production in the temperate climatic zone. The abolishment of the quota system will open new investment opportunities in countries that were forced to abandon sugar industry as the result of the reform in 2006. Present paper describes the modeling of sugar beet production and its processing into sugar for purpose of decision support.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 3800364This study discusses current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures and reform proposals for the post 2013 period with respect to EU semisubsistence farms (SSFs). Based on country case studies and interview evidence, the study assesses the values of SSFs for rural areas and the obstacles they face in using Pillar 1 and 2 measures. It concludes that the fundamental issue of income support to semisubsistence producers is inadequately addressed by any set of CAP instruments, and puts forward a set of recommendations for strengthening the CAP approach, especially via Pillar 2, for SSFs.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 3227016