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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Hadyńska, A., & Hadyński, J. (2004). The Implementation of Agri-Environmental Policy Incentives within Common Agricultural Policy - United Kingdom’s Case of Study. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, 3(359), 47-56. Retrieved from http://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/1015

Anna Hadyńska 
European Institute of the University of Birmingham  United Kingdom
Jakub Hadyński 
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu  Poland


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