Adaptation to Agenda 2000 (CAP reform) and optimisation of the farming system of French suckler cattle farms in the Charolais area: a model-based study |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland;2. Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland;3. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Plant Testing Station, Crossnacreevy, Belfast BT5 7QJ, Northern Ireland;4. School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;1. Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia;2. Department of Economics, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand;3. DairyNZ, Private Bag 3221, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand;1. DairyNZ, Ltd., Private Bag 3221, Hamilton, New Zealand;2. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;1. Farming Systems Ecology Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 563, 6700 AN Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. Graduate Program in Animal Science, Chapingo University, Km. 38.5 carretera Mexico-Texcoco, CP 56230, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico;1. Department of Molecular Sensory Systems, Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn, Germany;2. German Center of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2, 53175 Bonn, Germany;3. Computational Molecular Biology Group, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany;1. Department of Animal Science, St. Paul 55108;2. Department of Applied Economics, St. Paul 55108;3. Department of Entomology, St. Paul 55108;4. Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108 |
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| Abstract: | French suckler farmers need advice on the implications of the Agenda 2000 CAP reform for their farms and, in particular, on the incentives it offers for a more extensive mode of production. To support the dialogue between advisers and farmers, and thus help farmers with their decision-making, we constructed a linear programming (LP) model that optimises the farming system of the northern Massif Central Charolais suckler cattle farms, which may be either mixed (crop-livestock) or specialised (livestock). This model, called Opt'INRA, incorporated all of the production activities presently encountered in this zone, together with the constraints of the CAP premium attributions. We used it to study how, on the basis of their 1999 data, two farms, representing two situations frequently encountered in the Charolais area (a mixed crop-livestock farm and a specialised livestock farm), could best adapt to Agenda 2000.According to the model, for both of the farms studied, the economic impact of Agenda 2000 is relatively low, albeit negative. The adaptation of the system when possible does not lead to a significant increase in the gross margin of this farms. Agenda 2000 did not encourage farmers to extensify their farming system. On the other hand, this CAP reform discourages them from intensifying. |
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