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Harmonizing Croatian rural policy with the EU standards and the impact on rural economy

Reasons for the relatively slow recovery of agriculture and rural economy may be found in agricultural policies during the past period: policy goals were often set without adequate economic arguments ; selected measures were dysfunctional in achieving these goals ; there was considerable lack of control over spending the budget through the subsidy system.Policy measures were often taken from the European legislation, without analysing their applicability under the Croatian economic circumstances. Croatian accession to the EU will undoubtedly have a strong influence on Croatian agriculture. First estimations of expected consequences were not very optimistic, but benefits were expected from market enlargement, improvements in product quality and the EU funds for agricultural restructuring and rural development, as well as more organised government attitude towards agriculture and rural areas.

Rural policy, EU standards, Rural economy, Croatia

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