The Common Agricultural Policy: its past and future

The Common Agricultural Policy has been designed to protect EU farmers’ livelihood. The main question is whether at present by doing so it is hurting more the EU taxpayers and farmers in developing countries. Séan Rickard explains what went wrong with the Common Agricultural Policy.

Séan Rickard is a Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at Cranfield School of Management. Prior to that, he was Chief Economist with the National Farmers? Union, Europe?s largest trade association.