1) Evaluation of the effects of the Common agricultural policy
(CAP) in rural areas: evaluation ex ante and ex post of the impacts
of the CAP, particularly in the post 2013 Scenarios
2) Water management in agriculture: 1a) modelling of irrigation
uses; 1b) monetary evaluation of environmental and resource costs
of water resorces.
3) Evaluation of agri-environmental policies: development of
methodologies for ex ante and ex pst evaluation of
agri-environmnetal policies, using instruments such as
multicriteria analysis and principal-agent models.
4) Investment in agriculture: Simulation of farm investment
behaviour under diffrent EU policy scenarios, including on-going
reforms.
5) Research for competitiveness in agriculture: identificatin of
research needs and priorities, particularly aimed at increasing the
competitiveness of arable crops.
6) Economics of innovation in farms and agri-food SMEs, and
economics of firms' networks.
