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PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency report
publication date: Apr 18, 2012
This report presents an analysis of the effects of the European Commission’s proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy 2014-2020. It concludes that the impact of the proposed greening measures of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the sustainable development of agriculture appears to be relatively small – Member States must assign 30% of their Pillar 1 budget to these measures, a total annual amount of 13 billion euros. The report suggests that greening measures could be made more effective by tailoring the proposed ecological focus areas to local conditions and by promoting the formation of a green infrastructure. In addition, it states that the attribution of 5% - 10% of the total CAP budget to stimulating more sustainable animal husbandry systems may solve persistent issues in intensive livestock production regarding environmental quality and animal health and welfare.
http://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/2012/greening-the-cap-an-analysis-of-the-effects-of-the-european-commission%E2%80%99s-proposals-for-the-common-agricultural |
