1st Edition
Agriculture, the Countryside and Land Use An Economic Critique
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1983. How had the situation developed in which agriculture had become such a creature of state protection, where public money supported prosperous landowners while poor farmers received practically nothing? Where the value of agricultural support exceeded net farm income, and vastly exceeded the level of support available to British Steel or British Rail?
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List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction 2. Agriculture and the Countryside 3. Countryside Changes in West Berkshire 4. From Rags to Riches or What the Government Has Done for Farmers and What Farmers Have Done for Us 5. The CAP Regime 6. Agriculture and Economic Efficiency 7. The Case for Agricultural Expansion 8. Options for Policy; Name Index; Subject Index
Biography
J. K. Bowers, Paul Cheshire
