Research Catalog

Is agri-environment support well designed and managed? : (pursuant to Article 287 (4), second subparagraph, TFEU)

Title
Is agri-environment support well designed and managed? : (pursuant to Article 287 (4), second subparagraph, TFEU) / European Court of Auditors.
Publication
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library S589.76.E85 I8 2011Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • European Court of Auditors.
  • European Union.
Description
75 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm.
Summary
"Agri-environment is a key EU policy which aims to respond to society's increasing demand for environmental services. This report assesses whether this policy is well designed and managed. The Court found that the conditions for assessing whether or not the objectives of the policy have been achieved are not in place. The systems for providing guidance to farmers were generally well implemented. However, considerable problems were identified concerning the aid amounts. Most expenditure was made on basic horizontal schemes without applying selection procedures and without clear decisions about the desirable degree of targeting. Although the audit identified good practices, the weaknesses found by the Court have hampered optimal achievement of the main objectives of agri-environment policy, namely contributing to EU-level priority areas (biodiversity, water, climate change) and improving the environment and the countryside."--back cover
Series Statement
Special report, 1831-0834 ; no. 7/2011
Uniform Title
Special report (European Court of Auditors) ; no. 2011/7.
Subject
  • Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Economic aspects > European Union countries
  • Environmental policy > European Union countries
  • Bee culture > Environmental aspects > Spain
  • Soil erosion > Environmental aspects > Poland
  • Payments for ecosystem services > Europe
  • Environmental policy
  • Payments for ecosystem services
  • Soil erosion > Environmental aspects
  • Europe
  • European Union countries
  • Poland
  • Spain
Note
  • "QJ-AB-11-005-EN-C"
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also freely available online.
Contents
Observations. Is agri-environment policy designed and monitored so as to deliver tangible environmental benefits? -- Are farmers well supported through appropriate guidance and correct aid amounts? -- Does the management of agri-environment policy take account of specific environmental needs?
ISBN
  • 9789292372019
  • 9292372017
  • 9789292371791
  • 9292371797
OCLC
  • ocn756048328
  • 756048328
  • SCSB-1622213
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library