Use of investment support in Latvian agriculture. Summary of the Doctoral thesis for the scientific degree of Dr. oec. | Ieguldījumu atbalsta izmantošana Latvijas lauksaimniecībā. Promocijas darba kopsavilkums Ekonomikas doktora (Dr.oec.) zinātniskā grāda iegūšanai
2010
Upite, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics
The Ph.D. paper hypothesis: the use of investment support is related to activity in agricultural production. The aim of the Ph.D. paper is to investigate the use of agricultural support co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the national government in Latvia, to identify problems and to elaborate recommendations for increasing the efficiency of investment support. To achieve the aim, the following research tasks have been set forth: to review the historical background of agricultural protectionism in Europe and the World, to classify and assess agricultural support measures; to assess Latvia’s agricultural policy in the context of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (EU CAP), and to analyse the legal basis and institutional system of Latvia’s agricultural and rural development policy; to analyse the investment support co-financed by the European Union and the national government for increasing the performance efficiency of farms in Latvian agriculture during 1997-2008; to evaluate the use efficiency of investment support and to identify the factors impacting the use of investment support at the national and farm levels, and to elaborate recommendations for improving the terms of granting investment support.
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