Diversity of the European dairy farms and potential effects of the Common Agricultural Policy reform.

摘要

The aim of this article was to highlight the strong diversity of the European dairy farms and to analyse the potential effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform (June 2003) on their economic results (farm income, direct subsidies, single payment). Thanks to the individual data of the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) of the 15 Member States, this analysis takes into account the main characteristics of the dairy farms distributed according to several production areas, technical systems, size classes (dairy quota by farm) and economic performance classes (according to a method of classification which will give priviledge to three indicators). When assuming a significant decrease in the milk price, CAP reform would induce a significant decrease in the income of the specialized farms, especially those which are not economically efficient. In all cases, it will involve a significant increase of the direct subsidies. The amount of the single payment per hectare will be different between production areas and within each of them, according to intensification level and fodder system.