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Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland with interests in agricultural policy, trade, climate and Brexit.
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Joined May 2011
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Thanks to @f_miranda_s you can now read an excellent summary of my post on proposed restructuring of the MFF into a single fund in Spanish.
Y a continuación un resumen, también con mis palabras, pero más largo:. En su artículo “Encajar la PAC en el nuevo MFP, presupuesto a largo plazo” Alan Mattews aborda el debate surgido en Bruselas acerca de la posibilidad de refundir en un solo plan nacional, todos los fondos.
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RT @f_miranda_s: Y a continuación un resumen, también con mis palabras, pero más largo:. En su artículo “Encajar la PAC en el nuevo MFP, pr….
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RT @JohnAClarkeEU: Excellent article from Prof Alan Matthews explaining why the EU-Mercosur Agreement will have minimal impact on the beef….
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Several EU member states including France, Ireland, Austria and Poland, are refusing to ratify the Mercosur free trade agreement because they fear its effects on beef farmers' income and potential...
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Defra compares UK TFP growth in agriculture with some other European countries in this chart. Ireland's improved performance since 2011 coincides with relaxation and then removal of EU dairy quota
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The Expert Group on Carbon Removals is developing draft methodologies for certifying quality removals. The Oeko-Institut has dug into the carbon farming methodologies and finds them wanting in ensuring environmental integrity in several respects
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DG AGRI publishes study examining evolution of agrifood trade under Canada and Japan free trade agreements. Finds FTA preferences led to increased trade with overall positive trend for EU net trade balance
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When able to freely choose among a list of potential food concerns, UK consumers report food prices as their top concern, following by health and then sustainability concerns
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Fascinating to listen to dialogue of the deaf in panel discussions on fair remuneration in food chain in #EUAgriFoodDays today - facts and evidence presented by academics and public authorities vs myths and beliefs of other participants. Transparency, yes, but do people listen?.
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Very thorough and helpful analysis of the prospects for a UK-EU veterinary agreement and reducing barriers to trade in animal products from UK Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
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Commission publishes study estimating the emissions reductions and removals potentially resulting from measures in CAP Strategic Plans. Study comes up with a big number, 31 MtCO2e, but methodology potentially more interesting to examine
agriculture.ec.europa.eu
The Commission’s latest study highlights the potential of CAP Strategic Plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 31 million tonnes annually.
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Those interested in the inheritance tax protests by UK farmers yesterday should first read the BBC Verify commentary on the number of farms likely to be affected , and then listen to this classic BBC interview with Jeremy Clarkson
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Estimates of the number of farms affected range from 100 to 70,000.
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With discussions at EU level on setting a 2040 target for GHG emissions underway, it might be helpful to highlight my overview chapter 'Agricultural emissions: a case of limited potential or limited ambition', a little dated but still relevant, open access
elgaronline.com
This chapter examines the options available to reduce agricultural emissions in the EU, discusses why reducing agricultural emissions appears so difficult, and asks how agriculture could make a...
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ARC2020 has informative post by Asger Mindegaard that describes the negotiation of the Danish political agreement on a livestock emissions carbon tax, reduction in N emissions and land use change as well as political reaction to it
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Denmark becomes first country in world to introduce climate tax on livestock emissions, with further agreement on N reduction and land use change, supported by broad majority in Parliament and main farmer organisation. Yes, criticisms but great achievement
regeringen.dk
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UK farmers plan a protest tomorrow against inheritance tax changes in recent UK budget. The budget also accelerated the phase-out of direct payments. In my blog post I examine the progress made in England in removing direct payments and compared to the EU
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UK farmers are preparing to protest tomorrow November 19th outside Parliament against inheritance tax changes in the new Labour Government budget announced last month. They claim these changes will...
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Report for EP AGRI Committee examines the role of the big four global agricultural commodity traders in shaping agricultural markets and recommends additional anti-trust and market transparency measures
europarl.europa.eu
Research for the AGRI committee: The role of commodity traders in shaping agricultural markets
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The acceleration of climate change impacts revealed in this collection of charts contained in the WMO State of the Climate 2024 Update prepared for COP29
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Joint Research Centre paper looks at pricing options for agricultural emissions. Because of high leakage from supply.side measures it favours consumption option by tweaking VAT but recognises this would have negative distributional effects
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Net balances may play a role in how Member States view an increase in the CAP budget in the coming MFF negotiations for the period 2028-2034. In this blog post, I examine which MSs are net contributors and which are net beneficiaries in 2023
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