Regional impacts of abolishing direct payments: An integrated analysis in four European regions

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-121

  Uthes, Sandra ^a   Piorr, Annette ^a   Zander, Peter ^a   Bieńkowski, Jerzy ^c   Ungaro, Fabrizio ^d   Dalgaard, Tommy ^e   Stolze, Matthias ^f   Moschitz, Heidrun ^f   Schader, Christian ^f   Happe, Kathrin ^b   Sahrbacher, Amanda ^b   Damgaard, Martin ^g   Toussaint, Verena ^a   Sattler, Claudia ^a   Reinhardt, Franz Josef ^a   Kjeldsen, Chris ^e   Casini, Leonardo ^h   Müller, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection National Research Council (IRPI CNR)   (Italy)

^e DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farm modeling; MEA Scope; Participatory methods; Policy impact assessment

Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARM; FARMERS ATTITUDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGIONAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; GERMANY; ITALY; POLAND; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78651229391     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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