Analysing Exemplary Policy Issues Using the MEA-Scope Framework
This contribution links the activity of farming in rural areas in response to policy changes to the achievement of economic, social, and environmental policy objectives. The focus here is on a model-based evaluation of policy impacts on the supply of mult
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Annette Piorr · Klaus M¨uller Editors
Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe
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Editors Dr. Annette Piorr Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V. Institute of socio-economics Eberswalder Str. 84 15374 M¨ucheberg Germany [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Klaus M¨uller Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V. Institute of socio-economics Eberswalder Str. 84 15374 M¨ucheberg Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-79469-1 e-ISBN 978-3-540-79470-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-79470-7 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009935008 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
These are the final results and reflections of the project MEA-Scope. This project with the full title “Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the model of European Agriculture” was a pioneering project. It was among the first which were funded in the new activity Scientific Support to Policies of the 6th Research Framework Programme. Policy decisions – especially at the European level – are never easy. What policy-makers decide will potentially affect the lives of millions of people for many years. This makes reaching informed decisions crucial, and scientific research can help illuminate their policy choices. MEA-Scope was one of two projects which addressed the research priorities for European Rural areas which were identified in an EC workshop on Multifunctionality in Agriculture in 2001. Scientific Support to Policies in the Research Framework Programme is facing the challenge to identify in the discussions between policy makers and the research community those topics which can be addressed in a midterm strategic research programme. When the research topic was published Multifunctionality of Agriculture was among the concepts with many research questions open. It was considered that positivistic approaches into technology aspects of agriculture, forestry and other rural activities based on natural resources and land use are ne
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