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Agricultural transformation: Lessons from experience
Get PDFIt is now fifteen years ago that the Berlin Wall fell, the start of a vast set of changes throughout the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Reforms in the Communist world had started earlier further east: first in China in the late 1970s and in Vietnam in the mid 1980s. The changes affected society in a multitude of ways. They affected the way the political and economic system operated but also the social organization of society, the psychology of the people living in the countries, and the culture of day-to-day life. In this essay I focus on how these changes affected the rural economy and the agricultural and food sector. I will discuss developments and performances of the countries during transition, the causes behind them, and the policy lessons they imply. My analysis relies heavily on work I have done with various co-authors on these issues and I refer to these publications for details on some of the issues and arguments which I will forward here somewhat too brief to do justice to their complexity. For more detailed arguments and analyses I refer in particular to Rozelle and Swinnen (2004) and Macours and Swinnen (2000, 2002).Political Economy,
The Growth of Agricultural Protection in Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
No full textAbstract (1247) Johan F. M. Swinnen Copyright 2009 The Author. Journal compilation 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Global Food Security During Food and Energy (CCC) Crises
No full textPrepared by Johan Swinnen, International Food Policy Research Institute & CGIAR, Kigali, Rwanda, May 2022
Small famers and the supermarket revolution
No full textJohan F.M. Swinnen, University of Leuven (KUL) 14th May 2008, Royal museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgiu
The Perfect Storm: The Political Economy of the Fischler Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy. CEPS Paperbacks. September 2008
Get PDFFor decades, the Common Agricultural Policy came in for a significant amount of criticism for consuming a disproportionate share of the EU budget, introducing market distortions, wasting government funds and contributing to rural inequities. Nevertheless, it survived many attempts to abolish it, and acquired a reputation for being virtually impossible to reform in any meaningful way. However, during the tenure of Franz Fischler as European Commissioner for Agriculture from 1995 to 2004, the most radical reform in the history of the CAP was implemented.
This book is the first to review the reforms that were implemented, to analyse how they came about and to explain which forces made them possible. It brings together perspectives from inside and outside the policy community, including from those closely involved in the policy debates, and an interdisciplinary perspective from economists and political scientists. The authors are senior policy-makers and well-respected academics. The book gives some fascinating insights into what made the reforms possible, offers useful conclusions on what this implies for future attempts at reform and finally, addresses the question of whether the Fischler reforms ‘scrapped the CAP’ or saved it
Fruits and Vegetables for Sustainable and Healthy Diets
No full textJohan Swinnen CGIAR RESEARCH INITIATIVE Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH) Global Launch Event MAY 25, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM ED
COVID-19 & Global Food Systems
No full textJohan Swinnen CONFERENCE IFIAD Annual Conference 2020 COVID-19 & Sustainable Food Systems - Transforming food systems in times of crises OCT 21, 2020 - 10:00 AM TO 01:00 PM IS
Food Security : Crises and Resilience
No full textJohan Swinnen CGIAR SEMINAR SERIES Food Security Trends and Resilience-Building Priorities Co-organized by IFPRI, the CGIAR, and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) SEP 1, 2023 - 9:00 TO 10:30AM ED
COVID-19 and Global Food Security
No full textJohan Swinnen, John McDermott BOOK LAUNCH Virtual Event - COVID-19 & Global Food Security AUG 4, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM ED
Agriculture and food system transformation for better food and nutrition security (FNS) in Eurasia
No full textJohan Swinnen POLICY SEMINAR Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia Co-Organized by IFPRI, the World Bank, and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) NOV 13, 2018 - 01:20 PM TO 02:20 PM ES
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