Financial consequences of cross-compliance and flat-rate-per-ha subsidies: The case of olive farmers on sloping land

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 388-394

  De Graaff, Jan ^a   Kessler, Aad ^a   Duarte, Filomena ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Superior de Economia Agraría e Sociologia Rural   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Common Agricultural Policy; Cross compliance; Flat rate per ha subsidies; Olive groves; Sloping land; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION CONTROL; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; SOIL EROSION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

OLEACEAE;

EID: 78049427357     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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