This project sought to identify the key problems and discuss strategies for an integrated development of Agriculture and Rural Areas in the first group of CEECs acceding the EU.

• Project Dates: 2000 - 2003
• Project Leader: Matthew Gorton
• Sponsors: EU Framework 5

The research addressed three related policy areas, namely the identification of adequate policy measures and institutional structures for the introduction of an integrated rural development policy in the CEEC, a thorough analysis of agricultural diversification patterns and its potential role in rural development, and finally the development of a simulation model that allowed for a comprehensive estimation of the impact of different policy measures on agricultural production, budget and income and, in turn, its consequences for rural development strategies