EU agricultural policy and developing countries: what do we know?

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EU agricultural policy and developing countries: what do we know? Alan Matthews Professor of European Agricultural Policy Trinity College Dublin IIIS Public Lecture 5 May 2010

The EU’s (and Ireland’s) policy coherence for development commitment “The Community shall take account of the objectives [of development cooperation] in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries”. Maastricht Treaty, 1993 The Irish Government White Paper on Aid “adopted coherence as a guiding principle for Ireland’s overseas development aid programme”. Government of Ireland, 2006

Numbers hungry in 2009 Source: FAO, 2009

Agricultural policy an example of policy incoherence? EU subsidies lead to overproduction and dumping of surpluses on world markets, depressing prices and undermining farm production in developing countries Food aid an extreme example Attempts to stabilise EU farm prices export instability to the rest of the world Has had malign influence on developing country policies Limited market access has discouraged developing country focus on agricultural-led growth strategies Fear of subsidised competition has made developing countries less willing to open their own markets Tariff escalation discourages processed goods imports and makes it more difficult for developing countries to move up the value chain Non-tariff barriers substitute for tariff barriers to make market access increasingly difficult To add insult to injury, losses to developing countries not offset by gains to EU itself

Ways in which the CAP impacts on developing countries Through influencing the level of world prices Through influencing the volatility of world prices Through non-tariff barriers and the costs of market access

Outline The CAP is now a different animal How much has changed? Lessons from the 2007-08 food price crisis Are high or low food prices better for poverty and hunger alleviation in developing countries? Other barriers to accessing the EU food market How important are CAP effects for developing countries? Policy recommendations

How significant is CAP reform?

Two decades of CAP reform 1992 MacSharry reform By the mid-1980s, the CAP came under criticism abroad as a major cause of low world prices and at home for high support costs and (at least in the UK) for high consumer prices The CAP was eventually forced to adjust its own policies in 1992, with the adoption of the MacSharry reforms. This allowed the EU to agree to the negotiated strictures of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture on export subsidies and domestic support payments. The 1992 CAP reforms marked a change in instrumentalities as well as price levels. In compensation for a price drop, farmers received a direct payment based on their historical hectareage under cereals and oilseeds and a regional yield. Headage payments were also introduced for beef and sheep. The milk and sugar regimes were not included in this reform. In 1995 Franz Fischler took over as Commisioneer for Agriculture and articulated a vision of an agriculture that was competitive and market-oriented, while at the same time being environmentally sustainable and socially acceptable. The chosen route was to continue down the path of the MacSharry reforms, by reducing support prices and substituting direct payments tied by “cross-compliance” obligations to environmental goals. primary focus of Agenda 2000 was on the enlargement of the EU to include the Central and Eastern European countries. One important concession was won by those that favored even more reform of the CAP: there would be a “mid-term review” of the effectiveness of the Agenda 2000 reforms in 2003 (at the half-way stage of the 2000-2006 fiscal horizon). Fischler was able to convert what could have been a routine review of progress into a further step along the path set by the MacSharry and Agenda 2000 reforms, by shepherding through the Council of Ministers a proposal for consolidating the direct payments associated with the compensation for price decreases in particular crops into a “Single Farm Payment” that was even more remote from farmers’ production decisions and market prices. This 2003 reform package also began to tackle the difficult issue of reform of the dairy sector. Following on the heels of the 2003 reform the Commission proposed changes in the regimes for the Mediterranean crops, specifically for cotton, tobacco, rice and hops. The thrust of the reforms in these products was to blend them with the Single Farm Payment system, while reducing distortions in the market. New proposals for fruits and vegetables were adopted in 2004, with subsidies for processing being converted into producer payments and those for the withdrawal of fresh produce from the market being chaneled through producer organizations. Wine and sugar reform proposals were introduced in 2005 and the sugar reform was agreed in 2006. This new regime aimed to eliminate the production quota system, paying compensation to those adversely impacted – producers, crushers and refiners, and overseas producers that rely on sales to the EU market – and cutting support prices. The wine reforms were still under discussion as of early 2008.   1995 Uruguay Round 2008 Fischer Boel Health Check Agenda 2000 and 2003 Fischler ‘Mid-Term Review‘

CAP expenditure and CAP reform path Source: Commission 2009

PSE level and composition by support categories, 1986-2008 Source: OECD 2009

NRAs to agriculture, EU-15/25/27 and Western European average, 1995 to 2007, percent Source: Josling 2008

NRAs to agriculture without and with decoupled payments, Western Europe, 1956 to 2007 Source: Josling 2008

How damaging are EU decoupled payments? Decoupled payments are classified in the WTO Green Box as non or minimally trade-distorting, therefore no disciplines Theoretical and empirical arguments that decoupled payments Wealth, liquidity, expectations, impact on entry and exit Decoupled payments can allow farmers to continue to produce below the costs of production An adjustment lag? Continuation of EU direct payments face budgetary and legitimacy challenges

CAP reforms and the EU’s production surplus Source: Commission 2009

Support to individual commodities, 2006-08 Source: OECD 2009; measured as Producer Single Commodity Transfers (%)

Most of EU support is concentrated on relatively few commodities Source: MAcMap database, 2004

Agricultural trade preferences In broad terms, one-third imports MFN duty-free, one-third preferences, and one-third MFN dutiable Value of preferences differs across the main preference schemes Everything but Arms (Least developed countries) Economic Partnership Agreements (ACP countries) GSP Plus (vulnerable countries which have ratified conventions in the areas of human rights, core labour standards, sustainable development and good governance) GSP

EU biofuels policy - 1 Commitment to ensure 10% of transport fuel sourced from renewable energy by 2020, mainly biofuels Current biofuel contribution around 2% - biodiesel mainly sourced domestically from rapeseed – around two-thirds of EU production - bioethanol much less important but also mainly sourced domestically because of high tariffs – <1% cereals production and <5% sugar beet Future supplies more likely to come from imports, but effect on food prices is the same (not affected by sustainability criteria)

EU biofuels policy - 2 Biofuels policy re-introduces some elements of the ‘old’ CAP by putting a (variable) floor under food prices (linked to energy prices).. .. But by providing a domestic market will raise rather than lower world prices -availability of by-products for animal feed will offset some of the higher input costs for livestock farmers Biofuel ‘mandates’ also help to export instability to global food markets

Impact of environmental and other policies High food safety standards apply to both domestic and imported produce Higher environmental standards raise production costs in Europe Nitrates Directive Water Framework Directive Animal welfare standards (intensive farming) Biodiversity protection and agri-environment schemes promoting low-intensity farming Prohibition on planting GM crops and slow approval of GM food and feed

What are the lessons from the 2007-08 food price crisis?

Food prices likely to remain significantly above historical levels in the medium term – is this good or bad for poverty and hunger reduction?

Changing views on food prices - 1 “US and Europe[‘s s]urplus production is sold on world markets at artificially low prices, making it impossible for farmers in developing countries to compete. As a consequence, over 900 millions of farmers are losing their livelihoods.” OXFAM International, International celebrities get dumped on at the WSF, 1 November 2005 “Higher food prices have pushed millions of people in developing countries further into hunger and poverty. There are now 967 million malnourished people in the world….” OXFAM International, Lessons from the food price crisis: Questions & Answers, 15 October 2008 Source: Swinnen, The Right Price of Food, 2010

Changing views on food prices - 2 “The long-term downward trend in agricultural commodity prices threatens the food security of hundreds of millions of people in some of the world's poorest developing countries.” FAO newsroom, Agriculture commodity prices continue long- term decline, 15 February 2005, Rome/Geneva “Rising food prices are bound to worsen the already unacceptable level of food deprivation suffered by 854 million people. We are facing the risk that the number of hungry will increase by many more millions of people.” FAO Assistant Director-General Hafez Ghane, May 2008, Rome. Source: Swinnen, The Right Price of Food, 2010

Implications Changing food prices always benefit some households at the expense of others Net food producers vs net food consumers But surely the poor are predominantly small farmers and thus net food producers?

What about the national level? Previous slides concentrated on staple foods; clash is less evident for typical developing country cash crops (coffee, tea, cocoa, cotton, tobacco) Developing countries were traditionally seen as agricultural exporters, but this is no longer the case

Developing country regions, except for Latin America, expected to increase their net food imports over the coming decade Source: FAO, 2009

Net exports of dairy products Source: FAO, 2009

Net exports of meat products Source: FAO, 2009

High imports could be blamed on anti-agriculture bias in the past, but this has now changed Source: World Bank Agricultural Distortions project

Developing countries role in world food system has changed Do developing countries any longer have a comparative advantage in agricultural production? Developing countries role in world food system has changed Increased diversity of available growth strategies, no longer just agriculture-based Emergence of small number of highly competitive food exporters Increasing number and scale of net food importers Urbanisation, climate change will gradually reduce the poverty multiplier of agricultural production

Non-tariff barriers to gaining access to the eu food market

The debate about standards Imported food required to meet high EU food safety standards Increasing emphasis on food quality standards (affecting production processes) particularly in private supply chains Example: Only 12 countries are currently allowed to export beef to the EU Standards: the new protectionism? – not necessarily Developing country exporters more likely to have difficulty in meeting EU standards Meeting standards may raise costs, but can also improve efficiency and product quality Standards provide the opportunity for product differentiation and therefore premium prices Often the difficulty is not with the individual firm, but with national certification A role for trade-related development assistance

Modelling cap effects

European agricultural liberalisation - scenario impacts Source: Gouel et al, in Matthews forthcoming

European agricultural liberalisation These are aggregate short-run impacts Aggregate impacts depend on net importer/exporter status, preferential access, and commodity composition of imports and exports Distributional effects will differ Farmers who are net food sellers will gain Consumers and net food purchasers will lose Effects are maximum possible because model assumes perfect price transmission from global to domestic markets Particularly for low-income countries, CAP effects are second-order

conclusions

Are developing countries (and NGOs) wrong to focus on further CAP reform? Aggregate effects may indeed be small (though important for some individual countries and commodities)… … because there are both winners and losers and the effects cancel out But EU agricultural protectionism has a systemic effect on international trade rules The more Europe clings to border protection on ‘food security’ grounds, the less credible the argument that developing countries should rely on open markets for their food security

An agenda for action Seek the successful conclusion of the Doha Round Eliminate export subsidies after 2013 regardless of Doha Round outcome Greater targeting of the EU direct payments after 2013 Addressing market access costs due to non-tariff barriers Aid to counter preference erosion Assisting the integration of smallholders into global supply chains CAP instruments to promote global market stability? Reinvigorate EU agricultural research as contribution to global food security