The Implementation of Agri-Environmental Policy Incentives within Common Agricultural Policy - United Kingdom's Case of Study
Abstract
The matter of great concerns of the European Union is agriculture and its influence on the environment nowadays. Hence, the issue of integration of environmental incentives within common agricultural policy has increased rapidly. In this regard, member states have introduced new agri-environmental policy measures and the UK?s approach and way of their application will be presented in this paper.
Keywords
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Agriculture; Environmental protection
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European Institute of the University of Birmingham United Kingdom
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu Poland
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