Assistance to Displaced Farmers - Issues in Agricultural Policy
Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service |
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Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : William E. Saupe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Agricultural laborers |
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Author | : Rachel Garst |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1990-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780803260955 |
Examines United States food aid to Central America, and makes detailed recommendations for changes in its administration
Author | : Timothy A. Wise |
Publisher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2019-02-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1620974231 |
"A powerful polemic against agricultural technology." —Nature A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise's Eating Tomorrow discovers how in country after country agribusiness and its well-heeled philanthropic promoters have hijacked food policies to feed corporate interests. Most of the world, Wise reveals, is fed by hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, people with few resources and simple tools but a keen understanding of what and how to grow food. These same farmers—who already grow more than 70 percent of the food eaten in developing countries—can show the way forward as the world warms and population increases. Wise takes readers to remote villages to see how farmers are rebuilding soils with ecologically sound practices and nourishing a diversity of native crops without chemicals or imported seeds. They are growing more and healthier food; in the process, they are not just victims in the climate drama but protagonists who have much to teach us all.
Author | : OECD |
Publisher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9264726810 |
Norway is performing unevenly across its four agricultural policy objectives. While Norway enjoys a high level of food security and is meeting its aim of maintaining agricultural production across the country, both environmental performance and the efficient creation of value added along the food chain are compromised by support policies linked to production levels.
Author | : Steve Martinez |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2010-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1437933629 |
This comprehensive overview of local food systems explores alternative definitions of local food, estimates market size and reach, describes the characteristics of local consumers and producers, and examines early indications of the economic and health impacts of local food systems. Defining ¿local¿ based on marketing arrangements, such as farmers selling directly to consumers at regional farmers¿ markets or to schools, is well recognized. Statistics suggest that local food markets account for a small, but growing, share of U.S. agricultural production. For smaller farms, direct marketing to consumers accounts for a higher percentage of their sales than for larger farms. Charts and tables.
Author | : Fred Gale |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : Agricultural industries |
ISBN | : 9781497528734 |
China is perhaps the most prominent example of a developing country that has transitioned from taxing to supporting agriculture. In recent years, Chinese price supports and subsidies have risen at an accelerating pace after they were linked to rising production costs. Per-acre subsidy payments to grain producers now equal 7 to 15 percent of those producers' gross income, but grain payments appear to have little influence on production decisions. Chinese authorities began raising price supports annually to bolster incentives, and Chinese prices for major farm commodities are rising above world prices, helping to attract a surge of agricultural imports. U.S. agricultural exports to China tripled in value during the period when China's agricultural support was accelerating. Overall, China's expansion of support is loosely constrained by World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, but the country's price-support programs could exceed WTO limits in coming years. Chinese officials promise to continue increasing domestic policy support for agriculture, but the mix of policies may evolve as the Chinese agricultural sector becomes more commercialized and faces competitive pressures.
Author | : Spielman, David J. |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 4 |
Release | : 2017-01-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
While policy makers, media, and the international community focus their attention on Pakistan’s ongoing security challenges, the potential of the rural economy, and particularly the agricultural sector, to improve Pakistanis’ well-being is being neglected. Agriculture is crucial to Pakistan’s economy. Almost half of the country’s labor force works in the agricultural sector, which produces food and inputs for industry (such as cotton for textiles) and accounts for over a third of Pakistan’s total export earnings. Equally important are nonfarm economic activities in rural areas, such as retail sales in small village shops, transportation services, and education and health services in local schools and clinics. Rural nonfarm activities account for between 40 and 57 percent of total rural household income. Their large share of income means that the agricultural sector and the rural nonfarm economy have vital roles to play in promoting growth and reducing poverty in Pakistan.