Integration of environmental concerns into agricultural policy trough support for rural development in Baltic states

The purpose of the paper is to reveal the integration models of environment concerns into Baltic States’ agricultural policy. While Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are still recognized as being countries in transition and with technological and structural gaps compared to old Member States, could be less willing to apply environment oriented measures versus investment support for farming. However, the provided analysis and comparisons of Rural Development Programmes for 2007-2013 in three countries revealed that have chosen different paths for the implementation of their strategic objectives integrating competitiveness and environmental concerns.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), rural development policy, agricultural policy,environment, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

Eglė Stonkutė, Gediminas Radzevičius, Erika Ribašauskienė. Integration of environmental concerns into agricultural policy trough support for rural development in Baltic states // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo verslų ir jų infrastruktūros plėtrai = Management theory and studies for rural business and infrastructure development / Lietuvos žemės ūkio universitetas. Ekonomikos ir vadybos fakultetas. Akademija, 2008, nr. 13(2), p.146-153, ISSN 1822-6760 (EBSCO, Business source complete, Central & Eastern European Academic Source).