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Alternative Agricultural and Food Policies and the 1985 Farm Bill book cover

1st Edition

Alternative Agricultural and Food Policies and the 1985 Farm Bill

Edited By Daniel J. Basta, Kenneth R. Farrell Copyright 1985
444 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge
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In 1985, the U.S. Congress confronted the difficult and complex task of developing a 5-year omnibus legislation allowing for lower commodity prices. But, policies predicated on the concept of agriculture as a unique sector of the economy became less and less appropriate to the highly interdependent, open agricultural economy throughout the 1980s. First published in 1985, this collection of 16... Read more

1.Summary and Conclusions;  Part I: Historical Perspective;  2. The Performance of Past Policies: A Critique  3. Future Agricultural Policy: A Challenge for All;  2 and 3: Discussion;  Part II: Alternative Policy Proposals;  4. Policy Options for Grains  5. Uncertain Economic Environments and Conditional Policies;  4 and 5: Discussion;  6. A 10-Point Policy Agenda for Food and Agricultural Sector of the united States  7. Review and Assessment of Alternative Agricultural Policy Proposals;  Part III: Individual Commodity Policy Options;  8. Cotton  9. Tobacco and Peanuts  10. The U.S. Sugar Program and Its Effects  11. Dairy  12. Linkages to the Livestock Sector  Part IV: Consistencies, Inconsistencies, and Other Views on Commodity Policies: A Review and Critique of Preceding Papers;  Part V: Additional Dimensions of Food and Agricultural Policies;  13. Structural Dimensions of Agricultural Policies; Discussion;  14. Trade and Macroeconomic Dimensions of Agricultural Policies; Discussion;  15. Resource Dimensions of Agricultural Policy; Discussion;  16. Food and Consumer Dimensions of Agricultural Policy;  Discussion; References;  Part VI: A General Reaction to the Evaluation of Alternative Proposals

Biography

Rausser, Gordon C.; Farrell, Kenneth R.

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