Objective
The motive for this project is the need to improve the economic efficiency of water use and the effectiveness of provisions concerning the protection of ecosystems with special regard to the impact of agriculture. As environmental data show, many water resources in the European Union are contaminated particularly by agro-chemicals. Furthermore, natural habitats have been destroyed and biodiversity is diminishing at an increasing rate as a result of intensive agricultural production. Although there are many debates on the strategies which might influence farmers` behaviour concerning a more sustainable agriculture (see e.g. EC project Analysis of additional EU Policy instruments for plant protection products , Wageningen Agricultural University, 1996), the present knowledge on the economical and ecological efficiency of individual policy instruments is limited. The objective of this research project is to analyse the political feasibility of co-operative agreements between farmers and the water supply companies and regulatory authorities/conservation bodies as an instrument to meet environmental standards as economically efficient and ecologically effective as possible. In Germany in particular, and also to a lesser extent Austria, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, there are many agreements which show that the compliance with environmental standards can be reached whilst minimising the costs involved. In these cases, economic efficiency can be demonstrated by comparing the costs and benefits resulting from such agreements. For example the costs saved in drinking water treatment may well exceed the costs to agriculture arising from the use of less agro-chemicals. On the other hand, in many EC member countries, this use of this instrument is presently rare. The primary tasks of this research project is to explore the reasons of this and to investigate special policies or measures to establish co-operative agreements in the European Union on a larger scale. Furthermore, the significance of flexible co-operative agreements for the common EC water policy as well for reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be analysed. The research activities will refer to following issues:
A. Causes, requirements and outcomes of co-operative agreements in EC member countries where such agreements are common, B. The economical efficiency and ecological effectivity of co-operative agreements compared with that of taxes and of command and control regulations, C. The reasons why in many EC member states co-operative agreements are rare, D. Special policies assisting the creation of co-operative agreements, E. The economical efficiency, ecological effectivity and social acceptability of establishling co-operative agreements in EC member countries where such agreements are not common, F. European water policy in connection with the reform of the Common (CAP).
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences political sciences political policies public policies
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture agronomy plant protection
- engineering and technology environmental engineering water treatment processes drinking water treatment processes
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture sustainable agriculture
- social sciences sociology governance taxation
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44221 DORTMUND
Germany
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