The focus on environment and climate-friendly farming is increasingly important in the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Activities of the Measure M10 “Agrienvironment and Climate” of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014–2020 were those policy instruments that pursued…
Galnaitytė A., Namiotko V., Kriščiukaitienė I. Lessons to be learned from the Implementation of the Lithuanian Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 Measure “Agri-Environment and Climate”. XXth European Rural Development Network Conference “Green transformation in European rural areas”. 11–13 September 2024, Vilnius,…
The dairy sector is the second largest agricultural sector in the EU and Lithuania. It faces economic challenges (price volatility, farm consolidation and downsizing, etc.), but its importance outstrips other agricultural sectors (combining agro-systems and providing valuable food products for…
Scientists, politicians, and practitioners are debating the current structure of pig farms in Lithuania, as medium and small farms have almost disappeared over the past decade. The debated problem is whether the revitalization of medium and small pig farms would…
The main objective of this short-term research was to assess the prospects of Lithuanian pig farms over a 10-year period, implementing higher pig welfare requirements and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To achieve this objective EU legislation on higher pig…
The aim of Lithuanian Agricultural Policy measures is to improve economic situation of farmers and pay considerable attention to environmental protection and climate change. For this purpose, activities of the measure M10 “Agri-environment and climate” of the Lithuanian Rural Development…
Long-term Institutinal Program 2022-2026. Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences. Institute of Economics and Rural Development. Funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania.
In recent years, humanity has faced with multiple crises, both of economic and environmental nature. Among the key reasons for such turbulences, the deteriorating agri-environmental situation appears as an important facet. This article evaluates agri-environmental situation of selected European Union…
This study develops an integrated framework for assessment of cropping sustainability at the aggregate (country) level. Such sustainability criteria as total water footprint, Shannon equitability index, total output, and downside coefficient of yield variation are used to rank the crop…
Long-term Institutional Program 2017-2021 was designed to assess and develop sustainable agricultural methods, ensuring environmental protection, economic viability and social responsibility in rural areas.