The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was fundamentally reformed in 2003. From 2005, farmers will receive decoupled income support payments instead of production premiums if basic standards for environment, food safety, animal health and welfare are met. Farmers are likely to adjust production and management practices to the new policy framework. We describe how this reform fits into the EU stra...

This study uses Rwandan household survey data to evaluate the impact of conflict-induced migration on agricultural productivity, as well as to assess the effect of the Rwandan government’s housing and land redistribution policy. The hypothesis that the policy improved output by a pure resource effect is tested against a human capital spill-over effect hypothesis. Time differentials in the imple...

In this issue we are pleased to have a contribution that delivers a thoughtful commentary on the disconnection between US agricultural and nutrition policy. In his commentary, Professor Griffin, Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at Tufts University, describes the context from which current agricultural and nutrition policies emerged and the circumstances that now place t...

This paper reviews recent development of China’s agricultural domestic support policy, especially the transition from taxing farmers and agriculture to providing direct subsidies to grain production and purchased inputs. A model-based quantitative analysis on the effects of these policy changes has been conducted. Simulation results suggest that recent policy changes have likely achieved the de...

This article emphasizes the critical role of local policy networks for the implementation of agricultural watershed management and the adoption of environmental best management practices. Local networks facilitate diffusion of innovations, the development of social capital, and cultural change. All of these elements are essential for the ability of watershed management programs to successfully ...

Preferences with respect to agricultural policy have changed in Germany and Switzerland. In the middle of the 20 century, food self sufficiency and a certain cultural solidarity with farmers were central issues. Today, farmers are expected to contribute to environmental protection and safe food. Switzerland and Germany are two examples of countries where national agricultural policies have atte...

This monograph on agricultural and food policies in Morocco discusses the effects of agricultural policy and the main forces governing public intervention and market forces during the period 1969-1991. The overall economic environment is described, and certain features of supply, demand, marketing and trade of agricultural food and non-food items are quantified, in order to identify and evaluat...