Part 1 European Agriculture: development under the 'common agricultural
policy' Chapter I - Why support farmers? Why agriculture is still the most
protected industry Chapter II - Development of the CAP. Farmers and
European politics Chapter III - How the EU supports agriculture. Market
manipulation and the world market. The cost to consumers. The price of
supporting farmers - producer gains and consumer losses Chapter IV - The
agricultural revolution. Peasants into tycoons in one generation Part 2
Chapter V - Going to the trade wars. Overproduction, surpluses and
international politics Chapter VI - The Great Reform. Fitting European
agriculture into the world system Chapter VII - Impact of CAP reform and
GATT Uruguay Round agreement on agricultural trade Part 3 Chapter VIII -
European farming and the environment. A sustainable agriculture?
Reconciling food production and environmental acceptability Chapter IX -
The 'Biotech revolution'. Producing more from less. Chapter X - European
Agriculture in the twenty first century? EU enlargement and the
modification of the CAP. The European industry's place in world food
supply, new uses for old crops.