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There is a wealth of content on the EU on the web, which can be readily located via a search engine. The links below are an indication of what is available for topics relating to Chapter 9. General Sites European University Institutehttp://www.eui.eu/Research/Library/ResearchGuides/EuropeanInformation/Index.aspx The Commission’s website provides a wealth of data and analysis, although much of it is politically constrained to be fairly pro-CAP. http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/ The US government’s Agricultural Department provides even more analysis and tends to be more openly critical of the CAP; the pages of the Economic Research Service are especially informative. http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/europeanunion/policy.htm Every year, the OECD publishes an excellent report on the agricultural policy of all OECD members (this includes the CAP). For the latest figures and exhaustive analysis, see www.oecd.org Critiques of the CAP Several Non-Governmental Organizations interested in world poverty are extremely anti-CAP and provide a good deal of well done studies on how the CAP impoverishes some nations. Oxfamwww.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/trade/bp34_cap Christian Aid http://www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/policy/Trade.aspx Compassion in World Farming (animal rights organization) www.ciwf.org.uk Cafod http://www.cafod.org.uk On the other side is the UK farmers’ association, the National Farmers Union www.nfu.org CAP indicators http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-indicators/index_en.htm Reform of the CAP Summaryec.europa.eu/agriculture/mtr/sum_en.pdfhttp://www.defra.gov.uk/food-farm/farm-manage/cap-reform/ |