Small-scale farming and food security – Policy perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe

Irina Toma; Mark Redman; Marta Czekaj; Ewa Tyran; Mikelis Grivins; Sandra Sumane

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100504

Small-scale farming and food security – Policy perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe

Irina Toma^*
, Mark Redman
, Marta Czekaj
, Ewa Tyran
, Mikelis Grivins
, Sandra Sumane

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The policy measures integrated within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) offer potential for fostering the contribution of small farms to Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). However, these measures require appropriate ‘programming’ by national/regional authorities during the post 2020 programming period in order to realise their full potential. Using a SWOT methodology commonly used in the programming of the CAP, as well as expert validation from 46 policy experts from five countries, the paper discusses the persistent structural shortcomings of the CAP to provide a favourable policy environment for small farms in CEE. This narrative is developed via four national case studies: (a) Market integration in Poland; (b) Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) in Romania; (c) Rural infrastructure in Latvia, and; (d) Natural resources and climate management in Romania.

Original language	English
Article number	100504
Journal	Global Food Security
Volume	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100504
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 2 Zero Hunger

Keywords*

Common agricultural policy
European Union
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Small farms

Field of Science

1.6 Biological sciences
1.5 Earth and related Environmental sciences
4.4 Agricultural biotechnology
2.8 Environmental biotechnology

Publication Type*

1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Food Science
Ecology
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Safety Research

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