Topicality of the agri-environmental issues is based on the substantial financial resources, allocated for the implementation of agri-environmental measures. However their impact on both theoretical and practical levels in Lithuania is scarce explored. Implementation of agri-environmental measures has an impact on the results of agricultural activity: the implementation of the requirements lead to lower profits. Politicians meet a challenge - to develop and implement effective agri-environmental policy, ensuring the viability of the farms; researchers - to develop theory-based tools for the decision support. The objective of this research is to develop a theory based methodological principles for the model of the economic impact assessment of agri-environmental measures. On the basis of analysis carried out on the recommended methods and their application possibilities for the economic impact assessment of agri-environmental measures, the comprehensive methodological principles for the theoretical model of the economic impact assessment of agri-environmental measures were developed. The model includes a number of levels and the complex of the most appropriate methods. Using proposed methodological principles, the model of the economic impact assessment of agri-environmental measures can be developed. The model could enable to assess the economic impact of agri-environmental policy measures on agricultural sector. After the empirical verification, the model could serve as the theory-based support tool for the decision making.
JEL codes: C61, Q15, Q18.
Keyword(s): agri-environment, economic impact assessment, assessment methods.
Galnaitytė, A. 2014. Agrarinės aplinkosaugos priemonių ekonominio poveikio vertinimo metodiniai principai. Management theory and studies for rural business and infrastructure development = Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo verslų ir jų infrastruktūros plėtrai 36(4): 810-822. DOI:10.15544/mts.2014.076 (ISSN 1822-6760 (print) / ISSN 2345-0355 (online)) [EBSCO host: Business source complete; Ulrich’s; IndexCopernicus].
Scentific Publication: Methodical principles of the economic impact assessment of agri-environmental measures (In Lithuanian language)