Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251386838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Plowshares & Pork Barrels
Author: E.C. Pasour, Jr.Publisher: Independent Institute
ISBN: 1598131931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Agricultural subsidies in grains, cotton, milk, sugar, tobacco, honey, wool, and peanuts are analyzed in this examination of U.S. farm policy. Looking at such programs as food stamps, crop insurance, subsidized credit, trade credit, trade subsidies and import restrictions, conservation, agricultural research, and taxation, this historical perspective argues that these subsidies ultimately redistribute wealth to powerful agricultural interests who use their political clout to advance their economic interests at the expense of the general public. This analysis of government farm programs will appeal to professors and students who study agriculture; people affected by government farm policies; public officials, and businesses affected by agricultural policy such as those in food service, retail, and distribution.
L'agriculture française
Author: Joseph KlatzmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : fr
Pages : 258
Book Description
Agriculture and the European Community
Author: John S. MarshPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000681599
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
First published in 1980. From the earliest beginnings of the European Economic Community, it was recognised that a common market for agriculture would be one of the basic prerequisites for workable economic unity. And yet the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) remained a subject of much controversy and debate. The CAP, more than any other element of European policy, was seen to test the true depth of the commitment shown by Community members to the practice as well as the principle of economic integration. Agriculture and the European Community examines the reasons for the existence of the CAP and its format. It outlines the main instruments, price and structural policy, and the changing emphasis between them. It discusses in turn the effects of the CAP on producers’ income levels and on consumer prices; how far it had fulfilled the promises of the Treaty of Rome; the implications of the policy for third country trade; and its place within the Community as a whole. The study argues that, although incomes of Community farmers had improved, this is not simply the result of the CAP, nor was the geographical distribution of benefit in terms of farming income satisfactory. The policy has achieved a degree of success in securing food supplies and stabilising prices but the cost to the consumer has been high. Knowledge of the CAP had become almost essential to any understanding of modern European affairs. Agriculture and the European Community will serve as a straightforward introduction to the policy for students approaching the subject for the first time, especially in departments of Agricultural Economics, European Studies and Political Science.
The Political Economy of US Agriculture
Author: Jonathan C. BrooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251386838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Policy Reform in American Agriculture
Author: David OrdenPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226632643
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Students of public policy and practitioners within the farm program arena will find theis book an essential source of insight, information, and original cross-disciplinary argument."--BOOK JACKET.
Depolarizing Food and Agriculture
Author: Andrew BarkleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134689381
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Many issues in food and agriculture are portrayed as increasingly polarized. These include industrial vs. sustainable agriculture, conventional vs. organic production methods, and global vs. local food sourcing, to name only three. This book addresses the origins, validity, consequences, and potential resolution of these and other divergences. Political and legal actions have resulted in significant monetary and psycho-social costs for groups on both sides of these divides. Rhetoric on many issues has caused misinformation and confusion among consumers, who are unsure about the impact of their food choices on nutrition, health, the environment, animal welfare, and hunger. In some cases distrust has intensified to embitterment on both sides of many issues, and even to violence. The book uses economic principles to help readers better understand the divisiveness that prevails in the agricultural production, food processing and food retailing industries. The authors propose solutions to promote resolution and depolarization between advocates with seemingly irreconcilable differences. A multifaceted, diverse, but targeted approach to food production and consumption is suggested to promote social well-being, and reduce or eliminate misinformation, anxiety, transaction costs and hunger.
Towards A New Political Economy Of Agriculture
Author: William H FriedlandPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000009459
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
The emergence of a truly global economy in the 1970s and the need to understand the subsequent changes in economic structure provided the impetus for this synthesis of the sociology of agriculture. The book offers the first formulations of a political economy theory that explains the transnational social and production relations of food and agriculture. Drawing upon studies of labour, technology, the state and gender, the contributors put forward a basis for reassessing and restating the intellectual framework of agriculture.
The Development Dimension Trade, Agriculture and Development Policies Working Together
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264022015
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
These conference proceedings explore why policy coherence is important, how it affects global agricultural trade, and whether it can help reduce poverty and hunger.
Handbook of the International Political Economy of Agriculture and Food
Author: Alessandro BonannoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781782548256
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book tackles the central question of the political and structural changes and characteristics that govern agriculture and food. Original contributions explore this highly globalized economic sector by analyzing salient geographical regions and substantive topics. Along with chapters that investigate agri-food in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Oceania, the book includes contributions that cover topics such as labor, science and technology, the financialization of agri-food, and supermarkets.
