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SCIENCE,SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE E.U.
Policy measures
CAP Reform
2003
Decoupling of
direct payments
WTO / Trade
liberalisation
Public
concerns
Globalisation
Adjustment of
intervention
levels
Crosscompliance
Strengthening
the 2nd pillar
Lisbon Strategy
Objectives
Reinforcing farmer’s market
orientation and
entrepreneurial role
Competitive agriculture and
agro-industry
Enforcing standards
(environment, food safety,
animal welfare)
Steering sustainable rural
development
Competitive agriculture and
agro-industry
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The role of Science
 Sustainable agricultural production systems:
striking the right balance between competitiveness and
the other elements of sustainability
 Competitive and sustainable agri-food sector:
reflecting consumer demands and needs of society on
an open world market
 Knowledge based agri-economy:
providing tools for policy makers and economic decision
takers
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1. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
SYSTEMS
Policy Measures/Objectives
Areas of RTD intervention
￭ Decoupling: EU farmers
more market-oriented in their
activities
A. Enhancing competitiveness:
efficient production methods
and/or improved products
￭ Cross-compliance:
Direct payments conditional
on environmental, food safety,
plant health and animal
welfare standards
B. Supporting certified
production schemes
C. Promoting environmental
aspects of sustainability
D. Steering sustainable forestry
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A. Enhancing agricultural competitiveness
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Biotechnology and breeding: crops with lower production costs,
increased eco-efficiency, greater added value
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Integration of technological developments (information technology,
robotics etc) for lower production costs and increased eco-efficiency
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Diversification and Non-food bio-materials: new or improved
biological raw materials, meeting industrial food and non-food
requirements, including bio-energy
￭ Efficient farming practices: reducing costs and/or offering
environmental benefits (low chemical inputs, better crop rotation etc).
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Efficient animal production systems: improving diagnostic tests, risk
assessment, surveillance systems etc. and animal welfare.
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B. Supporting Certified Production Schemes
Organic Farming (OF), Protected Designation of Origin (PDO),
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality
Guaranteed (TSG)
￭ Improving crop and animal production systems and
processing
￭ Assessing the economic, environmental and social impact of
Certified Production Schemes
￭ Developing anti-fraud control tools, to provide consumers with
a guarantee of product authenticity and safety
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C. Promoting Environmental Aspects of Sustainability
Agri-environment
￭ Tools for evaluating linkages between agriculture and
the environment
Bio-diversity
￭ Tools for evaluating the impact of production systems on
bio-diversity
￭ Conservation methods for indigenous and exotic
species
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D. Steering Sustainable Forestry
Supporting the Community forestry strategy
 Developing the sustainable management and
use of forests: conservation, protection and
stability of different forest ecosystems; adaptation
to climate change etc.
 Tools for evaluating the role of forestry in rural
development and biodiversity.
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2. REINFORCING THE COMPETITIVENESS AND
SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRI-INDUSTRY
Areas of RTD intervention
Policy Measures/Objectives
￭ Lower market support
￭ Trade liberalisation
￭ Food safety regulations
￭ Environmental regulations
￭ Consumer concerns
A. Competitive agri-food
sector: efficient processing
technologies; improving
quality and safety;
developing new high added
value products
B. Developing non-food
industry: improving
processes and developing
new non-food uses
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A. Competitive agri-food sector
 Improving food processing and product quality: integrating
several scientific disciplines (e.g. biotechnology, IT, robotics etc)
and covering food production, processing, packaging systems and
distribution.
 Enhancing food safety: anticipating risks and tracing sources of
contamination (microbial, chemical, allergenic, …).
 Developing new high added value products: functional and
healthy foods, foods for the special needs of particular sections of
the population etc.
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B. Developing non-food industries
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Increasing the uses of new and existing
bio-materials to replace oil for energy or other
industrial uses (detergents, adhesives, lubricants etc)
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Improving the processing efficiency of bio-products
and wastes, to produce bio-fuels, bio-polymers and
bulk or fine chemicals
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3. KNOWLEDGE BASED AGRI- ECONOMY
Policy Measures/
Objectives
￭ Achieving CAP reform
(sustainable market and
rural development).
￭ Supporting negotiations
in international forums
(WTO, Kyoto etc).
￭ Integrating the CAP and
bio-based industry into the
Lisbon strategy.
Areas of RTD intervention
Tools for economic decision takers
and policy makers
A. CAP analysis tools:
markets, rural development,
sustainability.
B. Tools to analyse world
agriculture and trade issues.
C. Tools to steer competitive
agri-food industry.
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A. Analysis tools for the CAP
￭ Monitoring and assessment tools for CAP measures:
forecasting developments and identifying necessary adjustments.
￭ Tools
analysing
sustainability
aspects
of
the
CAP:
competitiveness of EU agriculture and integration of environmental,
quality and safety concerns.
￭ Tools analysing the impact of the institutional framework
on the implementation of agricultural policies, including market and
production factor constraints (land, capital, labour).
￭ Tools analysing the sustainable development of rural areas:
conceptual aspects and impact of policy measures; key factors of
change (technology transfer and innovation; institutional framework;
external drivers of change etc).
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B. Analysis tools for world agriculture and trade
 Analysing tariff and non-tariff trade barriers to
agricultural products; export regime policies; issues
related to trade and intellectual property rights (TRIPs).
 Building expertise on world agricultural markets:
economic data, characteristics, commodity specificities
etc. Effects of globalisation on concentration,
integration, developing countries and trade.
 Defining and analysing multifunctionality as a trade
policy issue; quantifying externalities.
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C. Supporting the competitiveness of agri-food
industry
 Global prospective analysis tools for world agriculture: trends
and factors likely to lead to changes (technological, political,
economic, social, food supply issues etc).
 Quantitative and qualitative market analysis tools: market sector
analysis, including the role of farmers, industry (upstream and
downstream), marketing networks, consumers, research and
innovation, labelling rules etc.
 Promoting innovation: ways to improve communication of research
results and adoption of new technologies by EU farmers and industry.
 Socio-economic implications of new technologies: effects of
adoption rates and the competitiveness of EU agriculture; consumer
perception and the role of the media.
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