[PDF] Reforming Agricultural Commodity Policy eBook

Author : Brian Wright
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 26,64 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780844739069

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This two-part study investigates potential reforms of commodity programs in the context of the legislative debate on the 1995 farm bill. Brian D. Wright considers a farm bill written on a clean slate, unconstrained by previous policy. Such legislation would depart radically from the current policy structure. Bruce L. Gardner analyzes a set of options that make a noticeable difference for the main commodities, yet are reachable from current policy and have visible political support. If followed, Gardner's proposals would move agriculture along the path laid out by Wright.

Author : Vincent H. Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,7 MB
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0844750182

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Agricultural Policy in Disarray provides fascinating, detailed, and contemporary evidence of how rent-seeking by small, well-organized interest groups results in government policies that do little good and much harm.

Author : Kym Anderson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 28,65 MB
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137469250

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This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices. Beginning with an examination of historical trends in markets and policies, Anderson assesses the prospects for further reforms, and projects how they may develop over the next fifteen years. He pays particular attention to domestic policy changes made possible by the information technology revolution, which will complement global change to deal directly with farmer and consumer concerns.

Author : Nadine Lehrer
Publisher : Cambria Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1604977019

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"Nadine Lehrer is a post-doctoral researcher at Washington State University's Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee, Washington. She holds a PhD in natural resources science and management from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a BA in psychology from Yale University. Dr. Lehrer has published articles in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Agriculture and Human Values, Agroforestry Systems, and Rural Realities. "--Book jacket.

Author : Jacob Meerman
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 14,42 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821339091

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... Evaluates the World Bank's experience with the fifty agricultural adjustment operations (agsecals) approved ... since 1979 and reflects the impact on Bank programming of a worldwide shift in the development paradigm--P. [i].

Author : Vos, Rob
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2023-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Agricultural support policies cost more than US$800 billion per year in transfers to the farm sector worldwide. Support policies based on subsidies and trade barriers are highly distortive to markets and are also regressive as most support is provided to larger farmers. On balance, the incentives this support creates appear to increase greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. In addition, some subsidies undermine the production of more nutrient-dense commodities that are otherwise critical for the improvement of dietary outcomes. This paper first highlights that better outcomes could be achieved if even a small portion of agricultural subsidies were repurposed into investments in research and development (R&D) dedicated to productivity-enhancing and emission-reducing technologies. This would create multiple wins — mitigating global climate change, reducing poverty, increasing food security, and improving nutrition. Nonetheless, the political economy challenges to doing so are sizeable. Because current support policies are often politically popular and serve well-organized interests, reform is difficult without committed political leadership and multilateral collaboration. Using several case studies of both successful and failed changes of agricultural support policies in China, India, and the EU and the United States, we highlight lessons learned about the political economy constraints on and possibilities for reform.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2022-06-23
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ISBN : 9264493867

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This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. It finds that the continued rise in agricultural support has been slower than sector growth in recent years, but has been driven to record highs mainly by temporary factors.

Author : R.C. Hine
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,23 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1349261017

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A topical, up-to-date and highly authoritative survey of the highly controversial debate around reform of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy. The book begins with a critical assessment of the 1992 MacSharry reform and the 1994 GATT Uruguay Round. It looks to the likely impact of future reforms on the agricultural economy, on consumers and on the environment, in the light of future EU developments including enlargement and budget constraints and the forthcoming world Trade Organization negotiations of 1999. The postscript highlights the main issues likely to inform the CAP debate into the next millennium.

Author : Surabhi Mittal
Publisher : Cambridge India
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 2008-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8175966211

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Contributed papers presented at a seminar organized by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations on April 30, 2007.