RESEARCH PAPER
Impact assessment of the Agri-Environment-Climate Measure (M10) of RDP 2014-2020 on environmental and climatic policies implementation according to the perception of Polish farmers
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Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland
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Faculty of Management, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Fordońska 430, 85-790 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bernardyńska 6/8, 85-029 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Akdeniz University, Dumlupnar Boulevard,
07058 Antalya, Turkey
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AUTH Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Division of Energy and Industry 4.0, Idener Technologies, C/Earle Ovington 24, 8-9 41300, La Rinconada, Seville, Spain
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R&D Department, Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias de Andalucía, Demetrio de los Ríos 15, 41003, Seville, Spain
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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 15, 20‑950 Lublin, Poland
Final revision date: 2023-06-07
Acceptance date: 2023-06-28
Publication date: 2023-09-07
Corresponding author
Piotr Baranowski
Department of Metrology and Modelling of Agrophysical Processes, Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290, Lublin, Poland
Department of Metrology and Modelling of Agrophysical Processes, Institute of Agrophysics PAS, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290, Lublin, Poland
Przemysław Tkaczyk
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 15, 20‑950 Lublin, Poland
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 15, 20‑950 Lublin, Poland
Int. Agrophys. 2023, 37(3): 311-323
HIGHLIGHTS
- The results confirm a positive perception of the M10 by participating farmers.
- Income progress was declared despite increasing loads connected with programme implementation.
- Insufficient information about the programme was the main obstacle to getting into M10 action.
- More stress should be put on promoting and increasing the participants' prestige and the value of their products.
KEYWORDS
Common Agricultural Policy CAPEU Agri-Environment ProgrammesAgri-Environment-Climate Measure M10environmental and climatic policiesassessment of farmer innovativeness
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the results of a survey conducted electronically in the years 2020-2022 within the framework of the AGRICORE Horizon project. It concerned the Agri-Environment-Climate Measure M10 within the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and aimed to quantify the impact of its effects on environmental and climatic policy implementation at a national level according to the perceptions of Polish farmers. The representativeness of the scrutinized population was checked using general data from the Polish Statistics Office. The results of our study show a positive perception of M10 by the participating farmers. The majority of them observed the income progress of their activities despite the increased workload connected with programme implementation and the increased costs associated with some of the declared activities. The innovation activities of the M10 participants were directed mainly at sustainable agriculture and protecting the environment. The respondents who did not decide to participate in M10 most frequently explained themselves by noting a lack of information about the programme, bureaucratic limitations, or doubts concerning the profitability of participation. The results of the study suggest that during the implementation of future EU agri-environmental measures, more attention should be paid to administrative and legal activities at the national level which may improve the perception of the programme
FUNDING
This work was funded by the H2020 AGRICORE project, grant number 816078 (2019-2024).
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The Authors do not declare any conflict of interest.
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