What would farmers' strategies be in a no-CAP situation? An illustration from two regions in France

For the majority of respondents CAP removal would not change their intentions. However, around 21 percent who would remain in farming if the CAP were continued, would exit if the CAP were removed. The Probit models showed that farmers located in the Centre region and in less favoured areas were more likely to exit in the absence of the CAP while they would remain if the CAP continued, a result which contrasts with the determinants of 'natural exits', that is to say of exits whatever the scenario. The cluster analysis highlighted the fact that responses to the removal of the CAP varied across farm systems.