Workshop 'Ecologisation of agricultural policies. France, United Kingdom'
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13.30 – Coffee and welcome for participants / Accueil café
13.45 – Pascal Marty (Maison Française d’Oxford and French Academy of Agriculture) : introduction and presentation of the workshop
14.00 - Sophie Thoyer remote presentation, on TEAMS - (INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment ; UMR CEE-M Centre d’économie de l’Environnement de Montpellier): “Why the Green Architecture of the CAP Falls Short of Current and Future Challenges?”
Summary. This presentation explores the key factors shaping the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and examines the obstacles to achieving a shared, long-term vision for a truly agroecological CAP. It will analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the CAP's new green architecture while highlighting the historical, economic, and institutional barriers that make meaningful reform so challenging. Finally, it will offer reflections on potential actions for the post-2027 CAP, aiming to better align its priorities with future challenges.
14.45 – David Baldock (IEEP - The Institute for European Environmental Policy) : “ Explorations outside the CAP: agricultural policy evolution in England”
Summary.The emergence of a new agricultural and agri-environmental policy model in England has involved departures from the CAP in terms of framing, policy evolution and assessment, delivery, stakeholder engagement and other elements. The presentation will explore the contours of these innovations and their potential significance against the background of the debate on the future CAP.
15.30 – Tea and Cofee break
15.45 – Ludivine Petetin (Cardiff University) : “A Green Brexit in Agriculture - Taking Stock …”
Summary. Quickly after the EU referendum, the four nations of the UK decided to follow a green Brexit. What this meant for agriculture and agricultural policy is the delivery of “public money for public goods” by farmers. This presentation looks at what this promise now looks like across the three devolved nations of the UK: Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
This paper argues that the existing or proposed agricultural policies are a result of path dependency due to external and internal parameters. Various relationships, policies and practices affecting the proposals include criticism of the CAP, WTO membership, financing relationships and practices, common frameworks and the UK Internal Market Act.
Whilst path dependency is somehow understandable this is only so to a certain extent. Lacking ambition and replicating the flaws of existing policies is not desirable or viable in the long-term. Realisation of these flaws may help the three devolved nations to look beyond the status quo and examine more ambitious, greener alternatives.
16.30 – Peter Matthews (University of Kent, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology / Kent Interdisciplinary Centre for Spatial Studies): “Farmer identities and perceptions of public good provision“
Summary. UK’s post-Brexit agricultural policy reforms provided an opportunity to investigate how farmers respond to the usage of the language of ‘public goods’ to justify agri-environmental measures. This presentation outlines findings from interviews with farmers in south-east England, examining these farmers’ interpretations of the concept of public goods, and what these interpretations meant for their willingness to reconcile public good provision with their farming identities. While discussing public goods was useful for focusing attention on how agroecosystems deliver diverse benefits to people, farmers could also use their own interpretations of the concept to justify entrenched productivist identities and reinforce feelings of scepticism and mistrust towards policy interventions. Additionally, this perspective highlights the value of tools to promote mutual recognition to strengthen a social contract between farmers as providers and the wider public as beneficiaries.
17.30 – Nathalie Berny (Maison Française d’Oxford): Conclusion
17.45 – Drinks will be served
