The CAP and the struggle for development policy coherence

Giovanni Caccavello, Research Fellow at EPICENTER // 01.12.2016

Since the 1992 MacSharry reform, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has undergone substantial changes. However, despite a noticeable move towards less market- and trade- …

The precautionary principle and the GMO paradox

Giovanni Caccavello, Research Fellow at EPICENTER // 11.11.2016

Since the adoption of the 1990 Directive 90/220/EEC the EU has “de facto” imposed a moratorium on cultivating GM crops.
As the European …

The Common Agricultural Policy: a drag on productivity?

Giovanni Caccavello, Research Fellow at EPICENTER // 10.11.2016

Since the 1992 “MacSharry” Reform, which – among other things – scaled down price support to farmers and replaced it with direct payments, the …

Ploughing the Wrong Furrow

Sean Rickard // 24.10.2016

The precautionary principle provides non-farming interest groups with a pseudo-official means of influencing policy. The result is a drift towards overregulation and regulatory failures …

Brexit: a natural experiment for the EU

29 June 2016
Can a country do better after leaving the EU? Indeed, we can perform an even more granular analysis and seek to …

Prospects for agricultural reform in the EU

6 April 2016
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is today the EU’s most expensive policy, taking up almost half of the annual budget. It …

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