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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446349803321

Titolo

Policy reform and adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries / / edited by David Blandford and Berkeley Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2006

ISBN

1-281-76550-3

9786611765507

1-84593-085-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlandfordDavid

HillBerkeley

Disciplina

338.1/8091722

Soggetti

Agriculture and state - European Union countries

Agriculture and state - North America

Agriculture - Economic aspects - European Union countries

Agriculture - Economic aspects - North America

Economic stabilization - European Union countries

Economic stabilization - North America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Agricultural adjustment and policy reform : introduction / David Blandford and Berkeley Hill -- Structural change in European agriculture / Berkeley Hill -- Structural change in US agriculture / James M. MacDonald, Robert Hoppe, and David Banker -- Pressures for adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries / David Blandford -- Policy reform and adjustment in the European Union : changes in the common agricultural policy and enlargement / Pierre Bascou, Pierluigi Londero, and Wolfgang Munch -- Policy reform and US agricultural adjustment capacity / Mary E. Burfisher ... [et al.] -- Agricultural policy reform and adjustment in Australia and New Zealand / David Harris and Allan Rae -- The Swedish agricultural policy reform of 1990 / Ewa Rabinowicz -- Agricultural policy reform and structural adjustment in Korea and Japan / Hanho Kim and Yong-Kee Lee -- Policy reform and agricultural adjustment in transition countries / Johan F.M. Swinnen -- The reform of grain transportation policy and



transformation in western Canadian agriculture / Darcie Doan, Brian Paddock, and Jan Dyer -- The US peanut quota buyout : sectoral adjustment to policy change under the 2002 Farm Act / Erik Dohlman ... [et al.] -- What affects farmers' ability to adjust : evidence from the United States / Jeffrey Hopkins, Mitch Morehart, and James Johnson -- Differences in farm performance and adjustment to change : a perspective from The Netherlands / Krijn J. Poppe and Hans van Meijl -- Policies affecting resource adjustment in agriculture in the European Union / Carmel Cahill and Berkeley Hill -- Policy for agricultural adjustment in the United States / David Blandford and Richard N. Boisvert -- Adjustment policy for agriculture in developed countries / David Blandford and Berkeley Hill.

Sommario/riassunto

Takes a fresh look at understanding the dynamics of the organic agricultural sector in Europe, Australia, South America, and the US. This book depicts organic agriculture as an engine of growth for the organic sector and examines the important roles played by producers, and other parts of the supply chain.