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Kes McCormick

Senior lecturer

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Barriers to energy crops in Poland from the farmers perspective

Author

  • Helen Nilsson
  • Kes McCormick
  • E. Ganko
  • L. Sinnisov

Summary, in English

With the recent expansions of the European Union, there are now 12 new member states that are implementing European policy. One of these policies, with implications for energy production and security, is the Common Agricultural Policy. This article will focus on the impact the Common Agricultural Policy can have on farmers in Poland who have been encouraged by calls to cultivate energy crops. In addition, this article investigates the barriers recognized by farmers in Poland to cultivating energy crops, willow in particular. The identified barriers were grouped into four categories: financial, informational, organisational, and market factors. It was also observed that levels of subsidies for energy crops differ between established member states (EU15) and new member states. Finally, this article discusses how small farmers can create cooperative links and find markets for energy products as one possible step towards increasing Poland's renewable energy production.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

207-215

Publication/Series

WIT TRANSACTIONS ON ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Volume

105

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

WIT Press

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • common agricultural policy
  • Poland
  • bioenergy
  • energy crops

Conference name

International Conference on Energy and Sustainability

Conference date

2007-06-20 - 2007-06-22

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1746-448X
  • ISSN: 1743-3541
  • ISBN: 978-1-84564-082-8