Us Agricultural And Food Policies

Author : Gerald D. Toland, Jr.,William E. Nganje,Raphael Onyeaghala
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315459516

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US Agricultural and Food Policies by Gerald D. Toland, Jr.,William E. Nganje,Raphael Onyeaghala Pdf

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions. This text provides opportunities to "practice the craft" of policy analysis by engaging the reader in realistic case studies and problem-solving scenarios that require the selection and use of applicable investigative techniques. US Agricultural and Food Policies will assist undergraduate students to learn how policy choices impact the overall performance of agricultural and food markets. It encourages students to systematically investigate scenarios with appropriate positive and normative tools. The book emphasizes the importance of employing critical thinking skills to address the complexities associated with the design and implementation of twenty-first-century agricultural and food policies. Students are asked to suspend their personal opinions and emotions, and instead apply research methods that require the careful consideration of both facts and values. The opportunities to build these investigative skills are abundant when we consider the diversity of modern agricultural and food policy concerns. Featuring case studies and critical thinking exercises throughout and supported by a Companion Website with slides, a test bank, glossary, and web/video links, this is the ideal textbook for any agricultural policy class.

Author : Carsten Daugbjerg,Peter H. Feindt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351118286

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Transforming Food and Agricultural Policy by Carsten Daugbjerg,Peter H. Feindt Pdf

Western democratic welfare states often featured sectoral governance arrangements where governments negotiated policy with sectoral elites, based on shared ideas and exclusive institutional arrangements. Food and agriculture policy is widely considered an extreme case of compartmentalized and ‘exceptionalist’ policy-making, where sector-specific policy ideas and institutions provide privileged access for sectoral interest groups and generate policies that benefit their members. In the last two decades, policy exceptionalism has been under pressure from internationalization of policy-making, increasing interlinkage of policy areas and trends towards self-regulation, liberalization and performance-based policies. This book introduces the concept of ‘post-exceptionalism’ to characterize an incomplete transformation of exceptionalist policies and politics which preserves significant exceptionalist features. Post-exceptional constellations of ideas, institutions, interests and policies can be complementary and stable, or tense and unstable. Food and agriculture policy serves as an example to illustrate an incomplete transformation towards a more open, contested and networked politics. Chapters on agricultural policy-making in the European Union and the United States, the politics of food in Germany and the United Kingdom, transnational organic standard setting and global food security debates demonstrate how ‘postexceptionalism’ helps to understand the co-existence of transformation and path dependency in contemporary public policies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Johan Swinnen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137501028

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The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies by Johan Swinnen Pdf

Food and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries. Today, more than half a trillion US dollars are spent by some governments to support farmers, while other governments impose regulations and taxes that hurt farmers. Some policies, such as price regulations and tariffs, distribute income but reduce total welfare by introducing economic distortions. Other policies, such as public investments in research, food standards, or land reforms, may increase total welfare, but these policies come also with distributional effects. These distributional effects influence the preferences of interest groups and in turn influence policy decisions. Political considerations are therefore crucial to understand how agricultural and food policies are determined, to identify the constraints within which welfare-enhancing reforms are possible (or not), and finally to understand how coalitions can be created to stimulate growth and reduce poverty.

Author : Ronald D. Knutson,J. B. Penn,William T. Boehm
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009818613

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Agricultural and Food Policy by Ronald D. Knutson,J. B. Penn,William T. Boehm Pdf

This text aims to help students develop an understanding of problems, policy alternatives, and their consequences. Economic principles are introduced to explain how the tools of analysis can be used to provide insight into the economic impact of particular policies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : UIUC:30112018964004

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Agricultural-food Policy Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Parke Wilde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315470313

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Food Policy in the United States by Parke Wilde Pdf

This new edition offers a timely update to the leading textbook dedicated to all aspects of U.S. food policy. The update accounts for experience with policy changes in the 2014 Farm Bill and prospects for the next Farm Bill, the publication of the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the removal of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for trans fats, the collapse of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty, stalled child nutrition reauthorization legislation, reforms in food-labeling policy, the consequences of the 2016 presidential election and many other developments. The second edition offers greater attention both to food justice issues and to economic methods, including extensive economics appendices in a new online Companion Website. As with the first edition, real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. The book assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic interests of farmers and food producers but also includes nutrition, sustainable agriculture, food justice, the environment and food security. The goal is to make U.S. food policy more comprehensible to those inside and outside the agri-food sector whose interests and aspirations have been ignored. The chapters cover U.S. agriculture, food production and the environment, international agricultural trade, food and beverage manufacturing, food retail and restaurants, food safety, dietary guidance, food labeling, advertising and federal food assistance programs for the poor. The author is an agricultural economist with many years of experience in the nonprofit advocacy sector, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and as a professor at Tufts University. The author's blog on U.S. food policy provides a forum for discussion and debate of the issues set out in the book.

Author : Ronald D. Knutson,J. B. Penn,B. L. Flinchbaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89063177547

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Agricultural and Food Policy by Ronald D. Knutson,J. B. Penn,B. L. Flinchbaugh Pdf

Provides a comprehensive discussion and analysis of the role government plays in agriculture in the United States, and the effects of the federal governments agricultural and food policies on business.* NEW- Devotes a new chapter to the ways in which the 1996 Farm bill changes the role of government in agriculture. Pg. 277-295 * NEW- Features comprehensive treatment of international trade policy with an up-to-date discussion of the World Trade Organization, GATT, and the issues likely to dominate the next round of trade negotiations beginning in 2000. Pg. 168-169 * NEW- Presents policies relating to food safety (pathogens and pesticides) as well as the implications of welfare reform on the future scope and structure of the USDA. Pg. 420-461 * NEW- Discusses current perspectives on the balance of world food supply and demand. Pg. 117-120 * Provides an understanding of contemporary farm policy decisions by discussing the process of policy formulation, the macroeconomics of agriculture, the international agricultural economic and policy environment, and the fundamental economic relationships and principles that affect todays agriculture. * Presents the political process as it relates

Author : Bill Winders
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300156232

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The Politics of Food Supply by Bill Winders Pdf

This book deals with an important and timely issue: the political and economic forces that have shaped agricultural policies in the United States during the past eighty years. It explores the complex interactions of class, market, and state as they have affected the formulation and application of agricultural policy decisions since the New Deal, showing how divisions and coalitions within Southern, Corn Belt, and Wheat Belt agriculture were central to the ebb and flow of price supports and production controls. In addition, the book highlights the roles played by the world economy, the civil rights movement, and existing national policy to provide an invaluable analysis of past and recent trends in supply management policy.

Author : James L. Novak,Larry D. Sanders,James W. Pease
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317611295

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Agricultural Policy in the United States by James L. Novak,Larry D. Sanders,James W. Pease Pdf

Agricultural Policy in the US: Evolution and Economics traces the foundation of US agricultural policy from its colonial roots to the present, using economic concepts to analyze and interpret political and economic consequences. Ancient Roman food and agricultural reform, English Corn Law and other historic examples of agricultural policies are included to show that agricultural policy has a long history and has been found necessary for governance throughout history. Processes employed to develop US agricultural policies, the structure and function of government that develops and implements agricultural policy, and the specific evolution of policy from the early twentieth century to the Agricultural Act of 2014 are included. Specific policies in past farm bills are detailed in order to track their evolution and economic effects. This textbook includes arguments for and against common tools of US agricultural policy. This debate continues today and can be seen in a gradual change over time from taxes and tariffs to risk management. Information presented does not attempt to influence the readership towards a pro or con position but rather to present information to help the readers to understand the issues related to agricultural policy in the US.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1244 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789813226302

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Handbook of International Food and Agricultural Policies by Anonim Pdf

Handbook of International Food and Agricultural Policies is a three-volume set that aims to provide an accessible reference for those interested in the aims and implementation of food and farm policies throughout the world. The treatment is authoritative, comprehensive and forward looking. The three volumes combine scholarship and pragmatism, relating academic writing to real-world issues faced by policy-makers. A companion volume looking at the future resource and climate challenges for global agriculture will be published in the future. Volume I covers Farm and Rural Development policies of developed and developing countries. The volume contains 20 country chapters together with a concluding comprehensive synthesis of lessons to be drawn from the experiences of the individual countries. Volume II examines the experience of countries with food policies, including those dealing with food safety and quality and the responsibility for food security in developing countries. The chapters address issues such as obesity, nutritional supplements, organic foods, food assistance programs, biotech food acceptance, and the place of private standards. Volume III describes and explains the international trade dimension of farm and food policies -- both at the bilateral and regional level -- and also the multilateral rules that influence and constrain individual governments. The volume also looks at the steps that countries are together taking to meet the needs of developing and low-income countries. The volumes are of value to students and researchers interested in economic development, agricultural markets and food systems. Policy-makers and professionals involved in monitoring and regulating agricultural and food markets would also find the volumes useful in their practical work. This three-volume set is also a suitable source for the general public interested in how their food system is influenced by government policies.

Author : George Horwich
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429722165

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Food, Policy, And Politics by George Horwich Pdf

This book addresses the issues surrounding food policy with an emphasis on the roles played by the U.S. family farm, markets, government subsidies, Third World politics, and international economy. It discusses the nature of the agricultural problems and suggests specific solutions for each of them.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090171731

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Agricultural-food Policy Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Milton C. Hallberg
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429723278

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Food, Agriculture, And Rural Policy Into The Twenty-first Century by Milton C. Hallberg Pdf

This book contributes to 1995 policymaking by offering information concerning an array of issues fundamentally important to the U.S. agricultural and food sector. It reviews a set of policy approaches for dealing with these issues, and assesses trade-offs among these alternative approaches.

Author : Stephanie A. Mercier,Steve A. Halbrook
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030364526

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Agricultural Policy of the United States by Stephanie A. Mercier,Steve A. Halbrook Pdf

This book serves as a foundational reference of U.S. land settlement and early agricultural policy, a comprehensive journey through the evolution of 20th century agricultural policy, and a detailed guide to the key agricultural policy issues of the early 21st century. This book integrates the legal, economic and political concepts and ideas that guided U.S. agricultural policy from colonial settlement to the 21st century, and it applies those concepts to the policy issues agriculture will face over the next generation. The book is organized into three sections. Section one introduces the main themes of the book, explores the pre-Columbian period and early European settlement, and traces the first 150 years of U.S. agricultural policy starting with the post revolution period and ending with the “golden age” of agriculture in the early 20th century. Section two outlines that grand bargain of the 1930s that initiated the modern era of government intervention into agricultural markets and traces this policy evolution to the early days of the 21st century. The third section provides an in-depth examination of six policy issues that dominate current policy discussions and will impact policy decisions for the next generation: trade, environment/conservation, commodity checkoff programs, crop insurance, biofuels, and domestic nutrition programs.

Author : Glauber, Joseph W.,Effland, Anne
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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United States agricultural policy by Glauber, Joseph W.,Effland, Anne Pdf

This paper examines the development of US agricultural policy and considers how it has affected US consumers and producers, as well as how US programs affect foreign producers and consumers within the context of the United States’ obligations under the World Trade Organization. Throughout its history, the United States has supported the farm sector through a myriad of policies affecting prices, production, and farm incomes. Although many of the policies put in place during the New Deal legislation in the 1930s were seen as temporary at the time, most have persisted in one form or another to the present day. And while many would argue that the form and function of today’s agricultural programs are less distortionary than before, the level of support provided to the sector is several billion dollars annually.