EU agricultural policy

EU agricultural policy

The EU's common agricultural policy terms, expressions and explanations

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Coexistence

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

Coexistence refers to the presence, within the same area of land, of crops grown in different ways (i.e. crops grown in a conventional manner, crops grown according to the principles of organic ...

Common agricultural policy (CAP)

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

This is the set of legislation and practices adopted by the European Union to provide a common, unified policy on agriculture. It aims to ensure that agriculture can be maintained over the long term ...

Common market organisation (CMO)

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

A common market organisation is a set of measures that enables the European Union to manage, to a greater or lesser degree, the markets for agricultural products within its own territory. Markets are ...

Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of Rural Development Programmes (CMEF)

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

This provides a single framework for the monitoring and evaluation of all rural development interventions for the programming period 2007-2013. It establishes a means for improving performance of the ...

Compensatory allowances

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

Introduced in 1975, these are payments to farmers in those areas where there are natural handicaps. Such areas are known as 'less favoured areas'. They include mountainous areas and areas where there ...

Cross-compliance

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

To receive direct payments and some other forms of financial support under the common agricultural policy (such as compensatory allowance and agri-environmental payments), farmers are required to ...

Customs duty

Agriculture; EU agricultural policy

The amount of money that a person or firm has to pay to the government when importing (import duty) or exporting a good (export duty).There are several types of customs duty depending on the method ...