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333: An alternative vision for the CAP

Professor David Harvey, University of Newcastle upon Tyne memoranda providing a critique and an alternative vision which is summarised in this briefing.

Year of Publication2006

Professor David Harvey argues that the Defra/Treasury Vision is mis-timed and ill-focused and not a serious option for EU agreement in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, elimination of Pillar 1 support will be a nightmare for farmers and environmentalists alike. We need to reform and develop policies to improve the match between those trying to make a living from and those trying to have a life in the countryside. We need to remove the existing policies which are not helping and which are costing more than they deliver. The ‘Vision’ ignores the transition to an open market for food and farming. It assumes that government intervention will continue to be necessary for the environment and rural development, but fails to explore the kinds of intervention that might work.

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• Subject Collection > Arable & industrial crops
• Subject Collection > Livestock & dairy

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