MacSharry reform

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The MacSharry reform was a landmark early-1990s overhaul of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy that shifted support from price guarantees toward direct payments to farmers and introduced measures to curb overproduction.

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instanceOf Common Agricultural Policy reform ⓘ
European Union agricultural policy reform ⓘ
affects beef sector ⓘ
cereals sector ⓘ
dairy sector ⓘ
oilseeds sector ⓘ
appliesTo Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
European Union agriculture ⓘ
appliesToTerritory European Community member states ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
decade 1990s ⓘ
followedBy Agenda 2000 CAP reform ⓘ
Fischler reform of the CAP ⓘ
linked to: Fischler reform
goal align EU agricultural prices more closely with world market prices ⓘ
improve competitiveness of EU agriculture ⓘ
limit surplus production of key commodities ⓘ
reduce agricultural overproduction in the European Community ⓘ
reduce budgetary costs of the Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
shift support from price guarantees to direct payments to farmers ⓘ
hasPolicyArea agriculture ⓘ
market regulation ⓘ
rural development ⓘ
impact foundation for later decoupled payment schemes ⓘ
increased transparency of farm support ⓘ
shift of CAP expenditure from market measures to direct aids ⓘ
introducedBy European Commission ⓘ
introducedConcept afforestation incentives for agricultural land ⓘ
compensatory payments per head of livestock ⓘ
compensatory payments per hectare ⓘ
early retirement schemes for farmers ⓘ
mandatory land set‑aside for larger arable farms ⓘ
keyPerson Ray MacSharry ⓘ
legislativeBody Council of the European Communities ⓘ
mainSubject agricultural policy ⓘ
direct income support ⓘ
overproduction control ⓘ
price support ⓘ
namedAfter Ray MacSharry ⓘ
partOf history of the Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
policyChange introduction of compensatory direct payments to farmers ⓘ
introduction of set‑aside obligations for arable land ⓘ
reduction of institutional support prices ⓘ
reorientation of CAP from market support to income support ⓘ
tightening of production quotas in some sectors ⓘ
positionHeldByKeyPerson European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development ⓘ
precededBy original Common Agricultural Policy price support system ⓘ
result greater reliance on direct income payments ⓘ
lower intervention prices for key commodities ⓘ
partial decoupling of support from production levels ⓘ
reduction of structural surpluses in some agricultural markets ⓘ
significantYear 1992 ⓘ
startTime 1992 ⓘ

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Common Agricultural Policy → reformName → MacSharry reform ⓘ
Common Agricultural Policy → 1992ReformKnownAs → MacSharry reform ⓘ
subject linked to: CAP
Ray MacSharry → notableWork → MacSharry reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
linked to: MacSharry reform