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Perspectives of Central and Eastern European Countries on Research and Innovation in the New CAP

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  • Ján Pokrivčák
  • Pavel Ciaian
  • Dušan Drabik

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The Commission's proposals on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post‐2020 made the Research‐Innovation‐Advice nexus a key priority with the aim of promoting sustainable growth in agricultural productivity and rural development. The proposal allocates €10 billion for this priority through the EU's Horizon Europe research programme, and it envisages strengthening the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems as well as knowledge exchange through the European Innovation Partnership. We argue that despite the evident productivity gaps between farms in the EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe (EU‐CEE) and the EU‐15, greater support for research and innovation is not a priority for EU‐CEE countries because of structural differences in their agricultural sectors as well as a comparative disadvantage in research and innovation relative to more developed countries of the EU‐15. Other policy priorities for the future CAP – such as increasing the size of the CAP budget, which represents €365 billion in the post‐2020 financial period, external convergence, and capping of direct payments – relegate support for research and innovation to a secondary priority in the EU‐CEE. This position of the EU‐CEE might not only affect the final agreement on the CAP but also its actual implementation. Les propositions de la Commission sur la politique agricole commune (PAC) post‐2020 ont fait du lien recherche‐innovation‐conseil une priorité essentielle dans le but de promouvoir une croissance durable de la productivité agricole et le développement rural. La proposition alloue 10 milliards d'euros à cette priorité dans le cadre du programme de recherche européen Horizon Europe. Elle envisage de renforcer les systèmes de connaissances et d'innovation agricoles, ainsi que l’échange de connaissances via le partenariat européen pour l'innovation. Nous soutenons que, malgré les écarts de productivité évidents entre les exploitations des États membres de l'Union européenne (UE) originaires d'Europe centrale et orientale (UE‐CEE) et de l’UE à 15, un soutien accru à la recherche et à l'innovation n'est pas une priorité pour les pays de l’UE‐CEE en raison des différences structurelles dans leurs secteurs agricoles et de leur désavantage comparatif en matière de recherche et d'innovation par rapport aux pays plus développés de l’UE à 15. D'autres priorités pour la future PAC, telles que l'augmentation du budget de la PAC, qui représente 365 milliards d'euros pour l'exercice post‐2020, la convergence externe et le plafonnement des paiements directs, relèguent le soutien à la recherche et à l'innovation au second plan des priorités dans les pays de l’UE‐CEE. Cette position de l’UE‐CEE pourrait non seulement affecter l'accord final sur la PAC, mais également sa mise en œuvre effective Mit ihren Vorschlägen zur Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) nach 2020 hat die Kommission die Verknüpfung Forschung–Innovation–Beratung zu einer zentralen Priorität gemacht, um ein nachhaltiges Wachstum der landwirtschaftlichen Produk‐tivität und der ländlichen Entwicklung zu fördern. Der Vorschlag sieht 10 Mrd. EUR im Rahmen des EU‐Forschungsprogramms Horizon Europe für diese Priorität vor und zielt darauf ab, die landwirtschaftlichen Wissens‐ und Innovationssysteme sowie den Wissensaustausch im Rahmen der Europäischen Innovationspartnerschaft zu stärken. Wir argumentieren, dass trotz der offensichtlichen Produktivitätsunterschiede zwischen den landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben in den Mitgliedstaaten Mittel‐ und Osteuropas (EU‐CEE) und der EU‐15 eine stärkere Unterstützung von Forschung und Innovation für die EU‐CEE‐Länder keine Priorität darstellt, da es strukturelle Unterschiede in ihren Agrarsektoren gibt und zudem einen komparativen Nachteil in Forschung und Innovation im Vergleich zu den stärker entwickelten Ländern der EU‐15. Andere politische Prioritäten der künftigen GAP – wie die Aufstockung des GAP‐Haushalts, der nach 2020 365 Mrd. EUR betragen wird, die externe Konvergenz und eine Obergrenze für Direktzahlungen – lassen in den EU‐CEE die Unterstützung für Forschung und Innovation zu einer nachrangigen Priorität werden. Diese Position der EU‐CEE könnte sich nicht nur auf die endgültige Einigung über die GAP, sondern auch auf deren tatsächliche Umsetzung auswirken.

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  • Ján Pokrivčák & Pavel Ciaian & Dušan Drabik, 2019. "Perspectives of Central and Eastern European Countries on Research and Innovation in the New CAP," EuroChoices, The Agricultural Economics Society, vol. 18(1), pages 26-32, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:eurcho:v:18:y:2019:i:1:p:26-32
    DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12220
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