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Roman Vasile1, Antonia Odagiu2, Aurel Maxim*3
1Department of Engineering and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, No. 3-5, Calea Manastur Street, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: Vasile.Roman@usamvcluj.ro | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-3564
2Department of Engineering and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, No. 3-5, Calea Manastur Street, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: antonia.odagiu@usamvcluj.ro | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7923-1252
3Department of Engineering and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, No. 3-5, Calea Manastur Street, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Email: aurel.maxim@usamvcluj.ro | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7656-9485
Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology, 02(01): 21-36. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/aa020102
Received: 12 April 2022
Reviewed: 25 May 2022
Accepted: 31 May 2022
Published: 30 June 2022
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of greening measures in the European Union during the period of 2014-2020. Studies carried out in various EU Member States by the European Court of Auditors and other independent authors estimated changes in farming practices as a result of greening over the period of 2014-2020 to be between 2% and5% of the EU’s agricultural area. The widest audit of greening performed by the European Court of Auditors in 2017 shows that the greening process induced changes of approximate 5% were divided as follows: 1.8% for crop diversification, 2.4% for ecological area and 1.5% for permanent grassland. Contrary to the low efficiency of greening, the payments made were on an average €80 per hectare, while the costs for its implementation are on an average €25-30 per hectare. Although the payments far exceed the costs incurred, little benefits were achieved on improved soil quality, biodiversity conservation and a reduction in Greenhouse Gases (GHG) by 2% only at EU level. Had the European Commission’s original and more ambitious proposal been adopted, GHG reductions would have reached 5% threshold level. Conclusively, greening is a complex measure having significantly low effectiveness in context of the degree of environmental protection offered by it.
Keywords: Common agricultural policy; Greening; Greenhouse gases; European Green Pact 2030
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Vasile, R., Odagiu, A., & Maxim, A. (2022). Environmental Effectiveness of Greening Measures under the Common Agricultural Policy of European Union. Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology, 02 (01), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.33002/aa020102
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Vasile, Roman, Odagiu, Antonia, Maxim, Aurel. 2022. “Environmental Effectiveness of Greening Measures under the Common Agricultural Policy of European Union”. Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology, 02 no. 01: 21-36. https://doi.org/10.33002/aa020102
Vasile, Roman, Antonia Odagiu and Aurel Maxim. 2022. “Environmental Effectiveness of Greening Measures under the Common Agricultural Policy of European Union”. Agrobiodiversity & Agroecology, 02 (01): 21-36. https://doi.org/10.33002/aa020102
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