This article analyses the content of EuroChoices since its launch in 2001 using textual analysis and a classification of subject matter. The results illuminate the wide coverage of topical issues in agricultural and related policies in the journal. While the focus has been predominantly on Europe and the European Union’s CAP has been a major focus of analysis, there has been considerable coverage of policies in other geographical areas, such as the United States. Over time, the emphasis of contributions has broadened from price and income support policies to those in other areas, including innovation and competitiveness, the environment, rural development, climate change, animal health and welfare, and nutrition and human health. Special Issues and Special Sections have been used to provide in‐depth treatment of topical issues, most recently Brexit and Covid‐19. Many contributions have demonstrated how improvements in data, information and analytical methods (both quantitative and qualitative) can help to illuminate policy issues. The analysis provides important lessons for the future content of the journal. These are: up‐to‐date provision of policy information and analysis; topical treatment of emerging issues; the provision of multiple perspectives on policy options; and in particular the presentation of the results of qualitative and quantitative economic analysis in an understandable form.

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过去是序幕：对EuroChoices的二十年分析

本文分析了EuroChoices的内容自2001年推出以来，使用文本分析和主题分类。结果阐明了该期刊中有关农业和相关政策的主题话题的广泛报道。虽然重点主要放在欧洲，而欧洲联盟的CAP一直是分析的主要重点，但在美国等其他地理区域中也有相当多的政策覆盖。随着时间的流逝，捐款的重点已经从价格和收入支持政策扩展到其他领域的政策，包括创新和竞争力，环境，农村发展，气候变化，动物健康和福利以及营养和人类健康。特刊和特节已被用于深入处理主题问题，最近是英国脱欧和Covid-19。许多贡献表明，数据，信息和分析方法（定量和定性）的改进如何有助于阐明政策问题。该分析为该期刊的未来内容提供了重要的经验教训。它们是：提供最新的政策信息和分析；局部处理新出现的问题；提供有关政策选择的多种观点；特别是以易于理解的形式介绍定性和定量经济分析的结果。局部处理新出现的问题；提供有关政策选择的多种观点；特别是以易于理解的形式介绍定性和定量经济分析的结果。局部处理新出现的问题；提供关于政策选择的多种观点；特别是以易于理解的形式介绍定性和定量经济分析的结果。