 IMPACT OF THE 2003 CAP REFORM ON ORGANIC FARMING IN GERMANYJurn Sanders, Hiltrud Nieberg and Frank Offermann No 44845, 109th Seminar, November 20-21, 2008, Viterbo, Italy from European Association of Agricultural Economists Abstract: The financial performance of organic and conventional farming is highly influenced by the EU direct payment policy. While organic farms receive considerable support from agrienvironmental programmes, the design of the first pillar put organic farming at a disadvantage in the past. The 2003 CAP reform has changed this situation particularly by decoupling direct payments and reducing price support. This paper has therefore the aim to identify and assess the impact of the CAP reform on the relative profitability and production structure of organic farms in Germany. The statistical analysis of FADN data from the years 2003/04 and 2006/07 suggests that differences in payments from the first pillar decreased, affecting positively the relative profitability of organic farms. A survey among German organic farmers revealed however that only a minority attributes substantial changes in profits to the CAP reform and decoupling, respectively. The outcomes of this investigation suggest that organic farmers still require more specific information and advice in order to use the new possibilities given through decoupling. Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:eaa109:44845 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in 109th Seminar, November 20-21, 2008, Viterbo, Italy from European Association of Agricultural Economists Contact information at EDIRC. |
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