Engagement of agricultural nongovernmental organisations in making the Common Agricultural Policy
2015
Zdanovskis, K., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Social Development | Pilvere, I., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics and Social Development
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the oldest, competent and complicated policies in the European Union (EU). As the number of the Member States increased, making identical government policies became more complicated. With the number of the Member States and the number of individuals engaged in governmental decision-making increasing, an increasing role is played by various nongovernmental organisations that advocate the interests of farmers and the rest of society. The purpose of nongovernmental organisations is to advocate the interests of farmers at national and international institutions as well as not to allow organisations unrelated to agriculture make decisions instead of them. The EU nongovernmental organisations, of course, most actively advocate producer interests in the agricultural industry, which also includes fisheries and forestry. This is also evidenced by the large number of agricultural organisations involved in cooperation with national institutions in the EU compared with other industries. The research aim is to analyse the historical development of the CAP and the engagement of agricultural nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in making the CAP. Methods used in the research: the monographic and descriptive methods, analysis and synthesis, the logical and constructive methods. The paper concludes that is important to encourage farmers of all types to engage in NGOs, which would actualise the problems of not only large industrial farmers and result in making a common not a similar agricultural policy.
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