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dc.contributor.authorHennessy, Thia*
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-07T15:52:51Z
dc.date.available2015-09-07T15:52:51Z
dc.date.issued01/07/2007
dc.identifier.citationHennessy, T., Modelling the Effect of Policy Reform on Structural Change in Irish Farming, Teagasc, 2007.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/851
dc.descriptionEnd of project reporten_GB
dc.description.abstractThe Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has allowed for the decoupling of all direct payments from production from 2005 onwards; until then, most direct payments were coupled to production, requiring farmers to produce specific products in order to claim support. After decoupling, farmers will receive a payment regardless of production as long as their farm land is maintained in accordance with good agricultural practices. Direct payments to farmers have been an integral part of the CAP since the 1992 Mac Sharry reforms. Throughout the 1990s, market prices for farm produce have declined generally in line with policy while costs of production have continued to increase. Meanwhile, direct payments increased in value, increasing farmers’ reliance on this source of income. Furthermore, farmers adapted farming practices to maximise their receipt of direct payments, leading to the culture of ‘farming the subsidy’. By 1997, on cattle and tillage farms in Ireland 100 per cent of family farm income was derived from direct payments, meaning that on average the market-based revenue was insufficient to cover total costs.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTeagascen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnd of Project Reports;
dc.subjectIrish Farming Sectoren_GB
dc.subjectEconomic modellingen_GB
dc.subjectCommon Agricultural Policyen_GB
dc.subjectPolicyen_GB
dc.titleModelling the Effect of Policy Reform on Structural Change in Irish Farmingen_GB
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_GB
dc.identifier.rmis5144
dc.identifier.rmis4920
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