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Animal welfare: the EU policy and consumers' perspectives

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Peneva M.

Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego

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2011

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vol. 11(26)

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issue 3

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The awareness of animal welfare and animal well-being is growing all over Europe and the world. The concerns are related to the applied policy regimes, economic sustainability of the production methods, food quality and safety, consumers’ health and behaviour and their willingness to pay for animal products obtained in animal-friendly conditions. The paper aims to analyse the consumers’ awareness and its effect on consumers’ purchasing behaviour in Bulgaria. The data were collected under the WELANIMAL project, based on a questionnaire. Later a statistical analysis was done. At the end it is concluded that consumers still need to be educated and there are opportunities to enhance their awareness of animal welfare standards through marketing actions.

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The French multifunctional model and the short food supply chain as adaptable examples in the case of small and selfsubsistence farms in the EU new member states

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Katalin O. K.

Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego

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2011

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vol. 11(26)

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issue 3

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For the countries of the Central Europe, the regional policy measures which concentrate on the maintenance of the small and medium sized producer’s units and are trying to find solutions to the worsening negative circumstances for the family farms (in the EU-12, 68.5% of farms are regarded as being semi-self-subsistent [Statistical… 2010, p. 85] are particularly important. It is unanimously acknowledged that for these farms it is not the support through supplementary income found in the 1st axis that gives a chance of survival (it rather piles difficulties up on them because of the additional cost of administration and protection of the environment), which is rather helpful for the producers of large quantities in complying with the processes of world markets, but it is the support given for the maintenance of the environment and the programmes serving to strengthen connection to the local and regional markets that can produce results (presently 2nd axis). The endeavours mentioned above provide some possibilities of protection and long-term survival of multifunctional, small size family farms, which at the same time produce quality goods, and of warding the hectic changes in the free markets off. Among the countries of Western Europe, it is France that could provide especially useful examples in the course of reformation of the European support system, because the French government and the rural stakeholders have been following their aim, almost for two decades, of the effective development of direct selling (in French vente directe) and short food provision systems (in French circuits courts) through which they preserve those agricultural structures that are built on family connections. The subject of this paper is adaptation possibilities of the French direct marketing model, which evolved for the preservation of multifunctional family farms and warding of the hectic changes in marketing conditions off. It provided proof in the past decade that it is not only the intensive industrial production that can be competitive and viable, but also the small size, multifunctional farms, close to nature, that support one or two families, can provide effective perspectives for the renewal of the prime sector and the agriculture of Europe. If the good practices of Western Europe, and within it France, can be employed in the region of the Eastern and Central Europe, this will contribute to the reduction of distances between country areas, to the uplift of those areas that lag behind and are subdued to a measure of poverty.

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Siła protestu w grze o przestrzeń. Wpływ społeczności lokalnej na decyzje środowiskowe dla obiektów hodowli i chowu zwierząt

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Bednarek-Szczepańska M.

Studia Regionalne i Lokalne

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2022

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issue 1(87)

66-85

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Planowane wielkoskalowe obiekty hodowli/chowu zwierząt (tzw. fermy) są często przedmiotem protestów społeczności lokalnych ze względu na uciążliwości, które generują. Do aktywnego udziału mieszkańców dochodzi na wczesnym etapie procesu inwestycyjnego, jakim jest postępowanie w sprawie wydania decyzji środowiskowej, gdy określa się lokalizację i cechy fermy. W artykule poddano analizie 52 przypadki postępowań w sprawie ustalenia środowiskowych uwarunkowań realizacji takich obiektów, w których miały miejsce udokumentowane protesty mieszkańców. Celem artykułu jest ustalenie jak – pod wpływem protestujących mieszkańców – przebiegają postępowania środowiskowe w sprawie obiektów hodowli/chowu zwierząt i czy ostatecznie zostają ustalone środowiskowe uwarunkowania realizacji niechcianych inwestycji. Przedstawiono wypowiedzi protestujących mieszkańców, odwołując się do kategorii wiedzy w procesie decyzyjnym (Glicken 1999, 2000; Edelenbos 2011). Badanie pokazało, że pomimo obowiązującej zasady mówiącej o tym, że sprzeciw społeczny nie może być podstawą odmowy ustalenia środowiskowych uwarunkowań, protestujący mieszkańcy pośrednio wpływają na ostateczny, najczęściej negatywny wynik oceny środowiskowej. Blokując realizację niechcianych inwestycji, mają rzeczywisty wpływ na kształtowanie przestrzeni lokalnej.

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Planned large-scale animal farms are often the subject of protests by local communities due to the nuisance they generate. The active participation of local residents occurs at an early stage of the investment process, namely the proceedings for issuing an environmental decision, because it is at this stage that location and characteristics of the facility are determined. The article analyses 52 cases of proceedings to set the environmental conditions for the construction of animal farms in which there were documented protests of local residents. The aim of the paper is to determine the course of environmental proceedings for animal farms under the influence of residents’ protests, as well as to determine whether environmental conditions are eventually established. The statements of protesting residents are presented by means of references to the category of knowledge in decision-making (Glicken 1999, 2000; Edelenbos 2011). The study showed that despite the binding rule that public opposition cannot be the basis for refusing to set environmental conditions, the protesting residents indirectly influence the final, usually negative, result of the environmental impact assessment. By blocking the realisation of unwanted investments, they have a real impact on the shaping of the local space.

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Animal welfare: the EU policy and consumers' perspectives

The French multifunctional model and the short food supply chain as adaptable examples in the case of small and selfsubsistence farms in the EU new member states

Siła protestu w grze o przestrzeń. Wpływ społeczności lokalnej na decyzje środowiskowe dla obiektów hodowli i chowu zwierząt