The study aims to fill the gap in assessing the green transition policy and trade-offs in the sustainability impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy by making a Hungarian-Slovenian comparison of agriculture, farms, and rural areas. The aim is to contribute to policy evaluation using advanced econometric methods to understand better the resilience and sustainability of the agri-environmental climate scheme (AECS) mechanism, the green transition, and trade-offs on sustainability impacts - economic, social, and environmental - from a comparative perspective. The focus is on socio-demographic, economic, and ecological factors. Participation in AECS is explored in terms of gender and sustainability through the adoption of conservation practices, the impact of AECS on the resilience and sustainability of farms linked to farmers' age, and green transition and trade-offs in impacts on farm sustainability, especially on environmental impacts. The study focuses on the differences and similarities between the two countries regarding the resilience and sustainability impacts of AECS on farms, agriculture, and rural areas.
Lead partner
Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest
Project Manager
Prof. ddr. Imre Fertő
Project Manager at UP FM
Prof. dr. Štefan Bojnec
Project number
N5-0312
Duration
1. 1. 2023 – 31. 12. 2025
The project's objectives
The research aims to address three main research and policy evaluation gaps in the literature regarding the sustainability – economic, social, and environmental – motives for adopting and impacting the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS). It focuses on two socio-demographic, economic, and environmental factors determining the participation of farmers in AECS.
First, gender-driven participation and sustainability with the adoption of conservation practices.
Second, the resilience and farm sustainability impacts of AECS driven by farmers’ age comparing different age groups focusing on the entry of young farmers.
Finally, greening and trade-offs in farm sustainability effects focus on the environmental impacts of AECS and Common Agricultural Policy.
Keywords
Common Agricultural Policy, agri-environmental climate schemes, agri-environmental measures, green transition, sustainability, policy evaluation, gender, age, young farmers, participatory behaviour, benchmarking, panel data, rural development, Hungary, Slovenia.
Links
- Results of the Call for proposals for the co-financing of the Slovenian part of joint Hungarian-Slovenian projects with the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) as the lead agency (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No 6/22 of 14.1.2022)
- Newly acquired project at UPFM - project leader Prof. Štefan Bojnec
- Prof. Štefan Bojnec's participation in the 17th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists in Rennes | Prof. dr. Štefan Bojnec sodeloval na 17. kongresu Evropskega združenja agrarnih ekonomistov v Rennesu
Funding
National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIF), Budapest, and Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS), Ljubljana.