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CHAPTER3.
COMMONAGRICULTURALPOLICYOFTHEEUROPEANUNION…
Programsbenefitingtheentiresociety,oritsmajority,areconsideredmuchmoreac-
ceptable.Thesedefinitelyencompassinfrastructuredevelopmentprograms,thedevel-
opmentofeducation,scientificresearch,increasingfoodqualityandsafety,etc.
Anadministration’sabilitytoplanandimplementdevelopmentprogramsandre-
formsisalsoveryvaried.Suchlimitationsareveryvisibleintypicallyagriculturalcoun-
tries.Thedifficultiespresentwithinourgovernmentagenciesmanagingprogramming
andfinancingbothpillarsofCAParenotlimitedtofaultyITsystems,throughwhich
theyrealizetheirobjectives,butalsoconcernmaintainingacertaincontinuityofac-
tionandastabilityofstrategicgoalsdespitechangesinmanagement.Limitedfinancial
meansalwaysformabottleneckforanydevelopmentprograms,astheirfinancingcomes
fromstateorcommunitybudgets.SpendingalargepartoftheEuropeanUnion’scom-
munitybudgetisfacedwithanincreasingpoliticalandsocialopposition,whilemain-
tainingthecurrentscaleofsupportforagriculturerequiresadeeperjustificationand
oftentimesalsomodificationandfleshingouttheprograms.
Whenspeakingoftheneedtosupportagriculturethroughaninterventionistpolicy,
oneshouldnotethatitisnotimplementedexclusivelyinfarmers’interestandthatthe
inhabitantsofruralareasarenottheonlybeneficiariesoftheirdevelopment.Thissup-
portisnecessaryfortheoverallgrowthoftheeconomyandinallofsociety’sinterest.
Formanycountries,whereagriculturedominatestheeconomy,itisalsoabasicprereq-
uisiteforeconomicgrowth.
Theabilitytomanagethedevelopmentofagricultureandruralareascannotbeun-
derstoodas,orarisefrom,solelytheabilityofagovernmentorothercentralauthority.
Asidefromgovernmentandinternationalagencies,localauthorities,professionalasso-
ciations,NGOs,theprivatesectorandcivilsocietyarealsoofimportance.
Whenassessingboththeprocessofformulatingthedevelopmentpolicyandits
implementation,wecanrecognizethefaultsandfallibilityofthestateandtheinsti-
tutionstowhichthestateentruststasksinthisarea,justlikewecanrecognizethe
market’sfaultsandshortcomings.Lookingin-depthintotheprocessofmanagingthe
agriculturalandruraldevelopmentpolicy,oneshouldtakenoteofthedependence
onglobalizationprocessesandinternationalintegration,yetalsotheincreasedrole
oftheterritorialfactorandgrassrootsaction.Thenewroleofthestateinmanag-
ingagriculturalpolicyshouldfocusoncoordinatingtheactivitiesofvariousagendas,
institutionsandentities,legalregulationsaswellassupportinggrassroots’activities
through,amongothermeans,supportingself-governance,socialorganizations,pro-
ducergroups,orcooperatives,whichallsupportsuchvaluesashealthsecurity,qual-
ityofgoods,rulesofconductinthemarket,environmentalprotection,protectionof
copyrightandintellectualproperty.Increasingtheeffectivenessofmanagingruraland
agriculturaldevelopmentisalong-termprocesstakingplaceinthepolitical,economic,
socialandculturalspheres.Thisprocessisembeddedinthehistoryofagivenstate
andregion,rootedinitsinstitutions,shapedbyglobalizationandexpressedbytheat-
titudeofcitizensandtheactionsofleaders.
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