Objective An assessment of the proposed decoupling of direct payments, under consideration in the Mid-Term- Review of the CAP, has to be based on their potential benefits and the likely costs including marketable and non-marketable goods (such as environmental impacts) and services and the action of the economic decision-makers in the agricultural sector. This project has been designed to undertake socio-economic and environmental assessments of such measures, by using a set of existing and modified models for various levels of analyses. For economic analysis, farm-level mathematical programming and other models incorporating technical inputs (farm systems, agronomic and livestock characteristics and constraints) form the core of the proposed approach. The large technical inputs required by the economic models and the evaluation of impacts will be based on crop and livestock models linked to sets of databases (soil and climate particularly provided by the JRC), which are now accessible for the entire EU including the FADN farm accounts database. Different case studies will be implemented all around Europe. Sociologic and quantitative methodologies will be used to better understand the behaviour of the different farm family households in their specific environment and their adaptation strategy due to the CAP reform. The project team has internationally acknowledged expertise in such multidisciplinary research, thus enabling them to provide meaningful information to policymakers. While the proposal is oriented toward quantitative evaluation, the guidelines and information provided to policy makers will be enhanced by a more general socio-economic overview, which will point out advantages and limits of the results. During the project, social, employment and regional implications of decoupling of direct payments will be addressed fully by the use of qualitative research methods including case studies, focus groups and meetings with exper... Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasessocial sciencessociologyfamily studiesagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandrysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment Keywords CAP De-coupling coupling direct payments economic impacts environment land use modelling socio socio-economic impacts Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-1.1 - The modernisation and sustainability of agriculture and forestry Call for proposal FP6-2002-SSP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE EU contribution No data Address 147 Rue de l'Universite PARIS France See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUNDESFORSCHUNGSANSTALT FUER LANDWIRTSCHAFT Germany EU contribution No data Address Bundesallee 50 BRAUNSCHWEIG See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA. Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Universita 12 PARMA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF READING. United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Whiteknights House, Whiteknights 217 READING See on map Total cost No data TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Ireland EU contribution No data Address Sandymount Avenue 19, Ballsbridge DUBLIN See on map Total cost No data FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS. Greece EU contribution No data Address Vassilika Vouton 1527 HERAKLION See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID. Spain EU contribution No data Address C/ Ramiro de Maeztu 7 MADRID See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via dell'Artigliere 8 VERONA See on map Total cost No data JRC ISPRA Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rue de la Loi 200 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data