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Sichtweisen der mittel‐ und osteuropäischen Länder auf Forschung und Innovation in der neuen GAP
Author(s) -
Pokrivčák Ján,
Ciaian Pavel,
Drabik Dušan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eurochoices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1746-692X
pISSN - 1478-0917
DOI - 10.1111/1746-692x.12220
Subject(s) - common agricultural policy , position (finance) , direct payments , business , general partnership , agriculture , disadvantage , productivity , nexus (standard) , german , international trade , european commission , payment , economic policy , political science , economic growth , european union , economics , geography , finance , archaeology , computer science , law , embedded system
Summary The Commission's proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP ) post‐2020 made the Research‐Innovation‐Advice nexus a key priority with the aim of promoting sustainable growth in agricultural productivity and rural development. The proposal allocates €10 billion for this priority through the EU 's Horizon Europe research programme, and it envisages strengthening the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems as well as knowledge exchange through the European Innovation Partnership. We argue that despite the evident productivity gaps between farms in the EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe ( EU ‐ CEE ) and the EU ‐15, greater support for research and innovation is not a priority for EU ‐ CEE countries because of structural differences in their agricultural sectors as well as a comparative disadvantage in research and innovation relative to more developed countries of the EU ‐15. Other policy priorities for the future CAP – such as increasing the size of the CAP budget, which represents €365 billion in the post‐2020 financial period, external convergence, and capping of direct payments – relegate support for research and innovation to a secondary priority in the EU ‐ CEE . This position of the EU ‐ CEE might not only affect the final agreement on the CAP but also its actual implementation.