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CHAPTER3.
COMMONAGRICULTURALPOLICYOFTHEEUROPEANUNION…
numerousconsumersandothersubjectsrepresentingdemandbetweenthescat-
teredfoodmarketsandagriculturalproducers,whoarealsonumerousandscat-
tered.Enrichingandsupportingsupplychainsboostsemploymentandaddsvalue
toagriculturalresourcesmovingthroughthemarketingchannels.Bydeveloping
andsupportingvariouselementscontributingtosupplychains,interventionism
withinthisspherecancreateaninvestment-friendlyclimateandpartnershipstrat-
egiesbetweenprivateandpublicentities.
2.
Increasedproductivityandcompetitivenessofagriculture.Thismeansmodernizing
agriculturalholdings,equippingthemwithappropriatemeansofproductionand
increasingthescaleofeconomicactivities.Allofthisallowsfortheimplementation
oftechnologicalinnovationsandstrongermarketconnections.Aninterventionist
policysupportingproductivityandcompetitivenessinvolvesmarketregulations,
creationofinfrastructure,consulting,providingfinancialandorganizationalser-
vices,supportingproducergroups,etc.Forcingnaturalagriculturalholdingsto
transformtowardsamarketeconomyoftentimesrequiresreformingtheaccess
thatsmallerfarmershavetolandandotherfactorsofproduction,improvingtheir
qualifications,aswellascreatinghumanandsocialcapital.Interventionsupport
canalsotaketheformofinitiativesofregionalmarketassociationsandeasingthe
entryofproducerstoexternalmarkets,andintroducingverticalandhorizontal
integrationaswellasriskpreventionsystems.
3.
Thethirdsphereofactivitiesinvolvessupportingagriculturalincomesandthelife
standardoftheruralpopulation.Thiscantaketheformofsubsidizingproduction,
supportingagriculturalandnon-agriculturalactivitiesaswellasentrepreneurship,
andprovidingappropriatesocialservices(education,healthandsocialcare,etc.)
totheruralpopulationwithlowincomes.
4.
Increasingagriculture’smultifunctionalityandnon-agriculturalruralemployment,
aswellasthecreationofhumanandsocialcapital.Thedevelopmentofthelabor
market,bothonthesideofsupplyanddemand,introducestheneedtoimprove
one’squalifications,workeffectivenessandremuneration,thusprotectingrural
areasfromdepopulationandeconomicdepression.
Theinstrumentsenumeratedintheabove-mentionedspherescanbeusedindiffer-
entwaysandindifferingscopesinordertobuildnationalsupportforagricultureand
ruraldevelopmentpolices.Thehierarchyofgoalsandthestructureoftheimplement-
edinstrumentswilldifferintypicallyagrariannations,variousgroupsofcountriesun-
dergoingtransformation,inurbanizedcountriesandinhighlyeconomicallydeveloped
countries.ThislattergroupincludesWesternEuropeancountries,theUnitedStatesof
America,Canada,Australia,NewZealandandJapan.Whilethesystemsofagricultural
interventionisminthesecountriesdiffer,theyalsohavesomecommontraits(Figure3.2).
IntheEuropeanUnionmemberstates,whereagricultureonlyformsasmallper-
centageoftheGDPandemploymentstructure,theroleofthestateinshapingagricul-
ture’sdevelopmenthadnotfadedaway,becausethemarketdoesnotensureacorrect
allocationofprofitsamongtheproducingsectors.Inthesecountries,circumstancesarise
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