scholarly journals Do Rural Policies Impact on Tourism Development in Italy? A Case Study of Agritourism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Giaccio ◽  
Luigi Mastronardi ◽  
Davide Marino ◽  
Agostino Giannelli ◽  
Alfonso Scardera
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Marginal Areas ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
The Common ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This paper investigates how and to what extent European and national policies, through the analysis of financial support derived from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (First and Second Pillar) and national and local subsidies, have financed Italian agritourism. For this purpose, the authors have proposed a comparative analysis between Italian agritourism and farms without tourism activities, by stressing the distribution of public financial supports concerning the 2007-2013 programming period of the European Union (EU) for Rural Development. The empirical analysis is based on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) dataset. The data were stratified by altimetry zone and farm size. Descriptive statistics and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for each group were used. The main results show how the Second Pillar has mainly supported small and medium-sized farms with tourism activities and located in disadvantaged areas. This study could be useful to policymakers regarding evaluation of the mission for diversification in agriculture, represented here by the carrying out of tourist activities on farms and the contribution for the retention of small-scale farms in marginal areas.

scholarly journals Do Rural Policies Impact on Tourism Development in Italy? A Case Study of Agritourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Giaccio ◽  
Luigi Mastronardi ◽  
Davide Marino ◽  
Agostino Giannelli ◽  
Alfonso Scardera
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Marginal Areas ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
The Common ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This paper investigates how and to what extent European and national policies have financed Italian agritourism. It analyses financial support derived from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (First and Second Pillar) and national and local subsidies. For this purpose, the authors have proposed a comparative analysis between Italian agritourism and farms without tourism activities, by stressing the distribution of public financial supports concerning the 2007–2013 programming period of the European Union (EU) for Rural Development. The empirical analysis is based on the Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) dataset. The data were stratified by altimetry zone and farm size. Descriptive statistics and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for each group were used. The main results show how the Second Pillar has mainly supported small and medium-sized farms with tourism activities and located in disadvantaged areas. This study could be useful to policymakers regarding the evaluation of the mission for diversification in agriculture, represented here by the carrying out of tourist activities on farms and the contribution for the retention of small-scale farms in marginal areas.

scholarly journals THE DYNAMICS OF HORTICULTURAL FARM NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SIZE CLASSES AND CHANGES IN THEIR INCOME IN 2007-2017

2020 ◽  
Vol XXII (3) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Maryla Bieniek-Majka ◽  
Marta Guth
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Average Change ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
The Common ◽  
Large Farms ◽  
Economic Size ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this study is to determine changes in the structure of horticultural farms in EU countries in the years 2007-2017 and their incomes and determine the share of subsidies of the Common Agricultural Policy in the income of horticultural farms in studied groups. Horticultural farms from the European Union Farm Accountancy Data Network (EUFADN) of all EU countries were surveyed. A dynamic analysis of the structure of farm numbers in particular groups of economic size (ES6) was carried out, and then the average change in income and the share of subsidies in income within these groups in 2007 and 2017 were presented. As a result of the conducted research, changes in the number of horticultural farms in various groups of economic size were taken into account and the assumptions concerning the decreasing scale of fragmentation of horticultural farms were confirmed by a decrease in the number of the economically weakest groups and an increase in the number of medium and large farms. It was noted that, in the studied groups, the strongest income growths concerned farms with medium or high economic strength, which may mean that income had a significant impact on the process. Moreover, it results from the conducted research that existing institutional solutions additionally supported the tendency to reduce the scale of fragmentation of horticultural farms in the EU-12 due to the fact that the shares of subsidies were higher in groups with higher economic strength.

scholarly journals AGRIBUSINESS IN BULGARIA - STATE AND PROBLEMS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Plamen Petrov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
Conceptual Scheme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Programming Period

With the end of the second programming period of Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and the harmonization of the national legislation with the directives establishing the common agricultural policy, the debate about changes and forthcoming strategic moves to put the business in the agricultural segment on the basis of dynamic, economically justified and technologically guaranteed progress is becoming more and more insistent. In the context of the conceptual scheme and in view of the new economic realities, the aim of the present study is to trace the place of the agrarian business in the Bulgarian economy, outlining its state and problems.

scholarly journals Farm holdings and the owner’s residence location in the aspect of direct payments from the EU: A case study in nine regions in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kocur-Bera
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Residence Location ◽  
The Common ◽  
Direct Payments ◽  
Compliance Mechanism ◽  
Cross Compliance ◽  
The Eu

Instruments promoting rural development have been implemented by many countries. Areabased payments for farmers allocated under the Common Agricultural Policy constitute one of such instruments in the European Union. The support system for rural areas, including the size of the declared reference parcels, is monitored as part of the cross-compliance mechanism. Parcels with unfavorable landuse patterns are more difficult to farm. According to estimates, more than 30% of agricultural farms in Poland fall into this category. This study proposes a universal algorithm for controlling the information submitted by farmers in payment applications. More than 76,000 applications were analyzed, and farms with the defective spatial structure of land were randomly selected. The results show that most errors occur in the case of land parcels situated the farthest from a farm holding (declared in the application), but the analysis revealed no strong correlation in this respect.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUNDING IN BULGARIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
Ognyan Stoichkova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agricultural Industry ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Common ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
The Eu

The article deals with the issues related to financing of agricultural industry in Bulgaria from the EU funds and programs. The outcomes of European support under the first and second pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, in which Bulgaria has been participating since 2007, are analyzed. Besides, the positive effects on Bulgaria’s agriculture as well as the problems facing the agricultural sector in the new programming period are highlighted.

scholarly journals SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR ORGANIC FARMS ECONOMICS IN POLAND

AGROFOR ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wioletta WRZASZCZ ◽  
Józef St. ZEGAR
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Production Economics ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Organic Farms ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
Indicator Analysis ◽  
The Common

Accession of Poland to the European Union (EU) has been connected with anumber of benefits, but at the same time, the obligations have been imposed on theagricultural producers. Farmers are active economic units, that operate on thecommon european market, as well as they are beneficiaries of governmentalsupport. Governmental programmes allowed to take part in measures directed toagricultural farms development. Farmers have been obliged to comply withEuropean law and implementation of the desired production standards.Bothregulations and governmental programs have determined the direction ofagricultural holdings development. Especially in the last decade, organic farmsmake demanded and fast-growing form of environmental friendly agriculture.Organic methods use of agricultural production in accordance with soil, plants andanimals requirements, taking care of the other environmental components. Organicfarms fit in with the concept of sustainable development. According to this, organicproduction should at least not affect the ecosystems` sustainability and meet theeconomic purposes. The purpose of the article is evaluation of organic farmseconomics in Poland, taking into consideration influence of the CommonAgricultural Policy (CAP). There were analysed production and economiccondition of organic farms in comparison to all Farm Accountancy Data Network(FADN) farms. The research were conducted on the basis of indicator analysis,considering calculation reflected cost, production, economics and subsidiesconnected with the Common Agricultural Policy directed to farms. The analysiswas based on FADN 2004 and 2013.

scholarly journals A long-term analysis of the common agricultural policy financial subsidies towards Italian farms

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Galluzzo
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Net Income ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

In Italy since 2000 there has been a significant decrease of farms and a notable increase of the usable agricultural areas. In order to reduce the socioeconomic marginalization in rural territories the European Union has supported financially the rural development in a pattern of pluriactivity and productive diversification in farms. The core purpose of this research was to assess by a multiple regression model the impact of financial subsidies allocated by the Common Agricultural Policy on the farmer net income since 2004 to 2016 in Italian farms belonging to the Farm Accountancy Data Network. Findings have pointed out a direct impact of financial supports disbursed by the European Union; by contrast, no impacts have had payments disbursed by the second pillar. Drawing the conclusions, it is fundamental to increase the financial supports of the Common Agricultural Policy aimed at implementing the land capital endowment which is the one of the main bottlenecks in Italian farms.

scholarly journals Explaining participation in undeclared work in France: lessons for policy evaluation

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Windebank ◽  
Ioana Alexandra Horodnic
Keyword(s):  
Policy Framework ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
French Population ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Actor ◽  
Tax Morale ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Actor ◽  
Undeclared Work

Purpose France is a model of best practice in the European Union as regards policy to combat undeclared work. The purpose of this paper is to take the country as a case study to evaluate the competing explanations of why people engage in undeclared work which underpin such policy, namely, the dominant rational-economic-actor approach and the more recent social-actor approach. Design/methodology/approach To evaluate these approaches, the results of 1,027 interviews undertaken in 2013 with a representative sample of the French population are analysed. Findings The finding is that higher perceived penalties and risks of detection have no significant impact on the likelihood of conducting undeclared work in France. In contrast, the level of tax morale has a significant impact on engagement in the activity: the higher the tax morale, the lower is the likelihood of participation in the undeclared economy. Higher penalties and risks of detection only decrease the likelihood of participation in undeclared work amongst the small minority of the French population with very low tax morale. Practical implications Current policy in France to counter undeclared work is informed principally by the rational-economic-actor approach based on a highly developed infrastructure for detection and significant penalties alongside incentives to declare small-scale own-account work. The present analysis suggests that this approach needs to be supplemented with measures to improve citizens’ commitment to compliance by enhancing tax morale. Originality/value This case study of a country with a well-developed policy framework to combat undeclared work provides evidence to support the social-actor approach for informing policy change.

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