The Economics of European Agriculture explains the demand and supply characteristics of agricultural markets, as well as government intervention in agriculture, with an emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan also analyses the fifth enlargement and its implications for agriculture in Europe, technology and innovation, and agricultural trade liberalization.

Autorentext

BERNADETTE ANDREOSSO-O'CALLAGHAN is Jean Monnet Professor of European Economic Integration and Director of the Euro-Asia Centre, University of Limerick. She has gained a wide experience of teaching in various European and Asian Universities. Co-author of Industrial Economics and Organization - A European Perspective and co-editor of The Changing Economic Environment in Asia, she has written on European economics, in particular on structural change and innovation in European countries, as well as on EU-Asian economic relations.

Zusammenfassung
Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the EU agricultural system in a global context. Starting with introductory and theoretical chapters on how agricultural markets work, the book explores the historical developments leading to the Common Agricultural Policy. A full chapter devoted to innovation and technological change evaluates the impact of new ideas and techniques in European agriculture over several centuries. Topical issues such as the enlargement to Central and East European countries and CAP reforms, the problems of GMOs, food security, food safety and poverty alleviation are also dealt with in the book. Finally, the theme of the EU as a major global agricultural producer and trader in the world leads to the analysis of WTO negotiations, and also to the examination of the EU preferential trade regimes with respect to a number of developing economies, such as the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries.

Inhalt

Concepts and Definitions Demand and Supply; Market Mechanism for Agricultural Products Government Intervention in Agriculture The Common Agricultural Policy Technology and Innovation A Wider European Union: Enlargment to Central and Eastern Europe, Cyprus and Malta The EU as an Agricultural Trade Partner Agricultural Trade Liberalization The Future of EU and World Agriculture: The Challenges Ahead