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CHAPTER3.
COMMONAGRICULTURALPOLICYOFTHEEUROPEANUNION…
3.3.Objectivesandinstrumentsofinfluenceonagriculture
andruraldevelopment
Traditionally,theinstrumentsutilizedinagrarianpolicytosupportagricultureandru-
raldevelopmenthavebeendividedintomarketandnon-market(structuralandinsti-
tutional)instruments.Amongthemarketinstruments,supplyregulationtools,suchas
gatheringandfinancingstockpiles,establishingmarketquotas,limitingcultivationareas
andretractingtheselimitations,contractingproduction,standardizingfoodproduction,
protectingagainstimports(customsduties,levies,importtaxes,quantitylimitations,im-
portlicensesandothers)areofkeyimportance.Exportsupport(subsidies,payments,tax
exemptions,dutydrawbacks,etc.)isimportantforbothsupplyanddemandforagricul-
turalproducts.Theinstrumentssupportingdemandincludevariouskindsofsubsidies
supportingtheconsumptionoffood(foodstamps,schoollunches,useoffoodforcharity
purposes,foodaid,etc.).
Non-markettoolsofsupportingagricultureincludesubsidiesanddirectadditionsto
income,production,cultivationareaoranimalstock.Thisincludesaccesstopreferential
creditandmeansofproduction,aswellasawideselectionofstructuralinstrumentsused
onagriculture-adjacentlabormarkets.Theseinstrumentsalsoencompassindirectsubsi-
dies,suchasaidsfortheprocessingindustryguaranteeingminimalpricesforagricultural
goodsorothersubsidiesandrefundsfortheindustry,servicesoragriculturalconsulting.
Regardlessofthedevelopmentlevelandcharacterofacountry,agriculturalpolicy
integratedwithruraldevelopmentpolicycanbefocusedonthefollowingfourgeneral
goals(middlepartofFigure3.1):
ensuringfoodsecurityofacountryandstabilizingagriculturalandfoodmarkets;
improvingtheeconomicsituationoftheagriculturalpopulation,includingstruc-
tural,socialandeffectiveness-orientedsolutions,inparticularthefairallocation
ofincome;
strivingtoreachaneffectiveandrationalutilizationofproductionresourcesand
protectingthenaturalenvironmentaspartofthesustainablegrowthconcept;
developingnon-agriculturalfunctionsandequalizingrurallabormarkets,creat-
ingpublicgoods.
Theobjectivesofaruralpolicy,theimportanceandinternalstructureofwhichhave
tobeadjustedtothetypeofagricultureanditsroleinthenationaleconomy,canbe
implementedbyanumberofspecificactivitiesandinstrumentswithinthefourfollowing
spheres4:
1.
Optimizingmarketlinksandcreatingeffectivesupplychains(channels).Acti-
vitiesinthissphereleadtointegrationwithintheagribusinesssectorand
thesupplychainsthemselves,aswellastostrengtheningthelinksbetween
4M.Adamowicz,2009,Współczesnarolarolnictwaamodeleinterwencjonizmurolnego,GWieśiRolnictwo”,
op.cit.
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