The introduction of cross-compliancemechanism in the European Union with its 2003 CAP-reformmight affect the costs of production and thuscompetitiveness of the EU. Little evidence is available toasses the costs of compliance with regulations and it implicationfor trade. In this study a farm...

The new EU Animal Health Strategy suggests ashift in emphasis away from control towards preventionand surveillance activities for the management of threatsto animal health. The optimal combination of theseactions will differ among diseases and depend on largelyunknown and uncertain costs and...

Horticultural firms are dependent on energy to produce, while policy makers focus on reducingthe use of energy and investment in energy-saving technologies. The paper aimed to assesDutch greenhouse farmers‘ responses to policies that would affect prices of different energyinputs. The...