Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: J. Riegler Author-Workplace-Name: Eco-social forum of Europe, Vienna, Austria Title: Eco-social market economy as an European innovation Abstract: The paper presents fundamental ideas of European social market economy that are to be applied to formulate the "European Model of Agriculture". In connection with the needs of further development of the Common Agricultural Policy, food strategy and regional policy, some challenges to the modern and perspective strategy of agriculture and food production in the EU are formulated. A new European challenge to strengthen the principle of solidarity, sustainability, multi-functionality and subsidiarity is an appreciable point of departure to solve the problems in Czech agriculture. Keywords: agriculture, Europe, European model of agriculture, eco-social market economy Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 101-105 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5272-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5272-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5272-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: A. Trzeciak-Duval Author-Workplace-Name: OECD, Paris, France Title: Agriculture finance and credit infrastructure - conditions, policies and channels Abstract: Agriculture, like all sectors of the economy, needs credit for its development. Experience in OECD countries demonstrates that in a competitive financial environment, profitable agriculture can obtain the credit it needs. Due to the difficulties faced by farmers in transition economies in obtaining access to credit, the OECD has periodically called upon member and transition experts to reflect upon the issues at stake and to share relevant lessons and best practices in the field of agricultural finance and credit infrastructure. This paper reviews the key messages from past work on this subject, including some observations from the Czech experience. These messages pertain to: the essential framework conditions for access to credit; the role of government policy-making, and possible channels for financing the agriculture and rural sectors. The paper then briefly suggests some linkages and implications that may be drawn between the EU enlargement and these three themes. Keywords: European agriculture, agricultural finance, agricultural credit, sustainable rural banking, EU enlargement Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 106-112 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5273-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5273-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5273-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: V. Vojtěch Author-Workplace-Name: OECD, Paris, France Title: Effect of the domestic sectoral policies harmonisation in CECs with the EU Common Agricultural Policy Abstract: This paper discusses the potential effects of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the various branches of the agricultural sector in the four OECD member Central European Countries (CECs), i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic. The estimation of the effect of the domestic sectoral policies harmonisation with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its impact on the farming sector, consumers of agricultural commodities and taxpayers, is based on the data from the OECD quantitative analysis of support to agriculture. Keywords: support to agriculture, CAP, Central European countries, quantitative analysis Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 113-119 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5274-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5274-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5274-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: G. Blaas Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Slovak agriculture heading for the EU membership Abstract: The paper analyses the economic and policy gap between the agriculture in Slovakia and the EU member states from the perspective of the future accession of this country to the Union. As it concludes, the deterioration of terms of trade during the transition period creates also problems for the accession negotiations, because this fact seems to legitimate the equitable implementation of the CAP in all member countries after the East-enlargement of the Union. The paper is arguing, on the basis of income simulation, that that the Commission proposal on reduced direct payments for the newly admitted countries would, in case of Slovakia, generate an improvement of the sectoral income only if they are topped by rural development measures. Keywords: agricultural policy, EU enlargement, farm income, productivity, efficiency, gross margin, accession negotiation, Slovak Republic Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 120-127 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5275-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5275-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5275-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M. Hrabánková Author-Workplace-Name: Ministry of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Monitoring and project evaluation as a principle of following efficiency of adopted measures Abstract: The contribution supplies an outline of indicators, through which benefits from projects will be followed, that are prepared for usage in the LFA areas. It will be necessary to use the monitoring system for realisation of measures suggested on the base of the research project. The main task is to follow the efficiency of adopted measures for the individual environment sections, to evaluate efficiency of subsidies and finances from the EU funds. From the hitherto results, it is obvious on which measures are the prepared projects oriented at and by what indicators it will be possible to evaluate outputs, results and impacts of realised projects. The prepared system will enable feedback on decisions regarding efficiency of the realised measures in the monitored areas. Keywords: monitoring system, efficiency evaluation of measures, project realisation control, indicators, outputs, results, impacts, objectives, risks Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 128-132 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5276-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5276-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5276-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: A. Kowalski Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Warsaw, Poland Author-Name: G. Dybowski Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Warsaw, Poland Title: Problems of Polish agriculture in the process of integration with the EU Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 133-138 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5277-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5277-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5277-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: V. Jeníček Author-Workplace-Name: Èeská zemìdìlská univerzita, Praha, Èeská republika Author-Name: V. Krepl Author-Workplace-Name: Èeská zemìdìlská univerzita, Praha, Èeská republika Title: Solution of the developing countries food problem - issues at measures Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 139-148 Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Year: 2003 DOI: 10.17221/5278-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5278-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200303-0007.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:49:y:2003:i:3:id:5278-AGRICECON