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Oeconomia 10 (1) 2011, 45–56DIFFERENCES IN POSSIBLE REACTIONS OF EUFARMERS FROM SELECTED EUROPEAN REGIONS TOCAP CHANGEEdward Majewski, Piotr SulewskiWarsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGWMeri Raggi, Davide ViaggiAlma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, ItalyAbstract. The aim of this paper is to analyze the likely reaction of farmers to differentCommon Agricultural Policy scenarios. Farmers’ declarations regarding continuationof farming and farm management decision were the key issues examined in the study.The study was conducted in selected regions of several EU countries within the CAP--IRE project 1 . Data has been collected through a farm survey with the use of an interviewquestionnaire. There were two hypothetical policy scenarios considered: Baseline, thatassumes the continuation of the present EU agricultural policy, and Liberalization, assumingthat all forms of public support for the farming sector are withdrawn. The McNerman testwas the main tool used for statistical analysis. Research revealed significant differencesin reaction of farmers from different regions of the EU countries represented in the study.However, on average, more farmers declared they would rather stopped farming under theno-CAP Liberal scenario and expressed greater interest in off-farm activities than in theBaseline scenario.Key words: Common Agricultural Policy, policy scenarios, continuation of farming,reaction to changes of the CAPCorresponding author – Adres do korespondencji: Edward Majewski, Warsaw University of LifeSciencies – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland, edward_majewski@sggw.pl;Piotr Sulewski, piotr_sulewski@sggw.pl; Meri Raggi, meri.raggi@unibo.it; Davide Viaggi, davide.viaggi@unibo.it1The research reported in this paper was funded by the European Commission within the project“Assessing the multiple Impacts of the Common Agricultural Policies (CAP) on Rural Economies”(CAP-IRE), 7th Framework Programme, contract n. 216672 (www.cap-ire.eu). However the paperdoes not necessarily reflect the views of the EU and in no way anticipates the Commission’s futurepolicy in this area.