Competing Paradigms in the OECD and Their Impact on the WTO Agricultural Talks

Josling, Tim

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“…3 3 Others have argued that a change in ideas, or the prevailing agricultural policy paradigm, may be responsible for the success achieved by the UR and subsequent attempts to negotiate agricultural trade liberalization (e.g., Coleman 1998; Coleman, Skogstad, and Atkinson 1997; Josling 2002; Skogstad 1998). …”

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The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection

Thies¹,

Porche²

2007

The Journal of Politics

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In this paper we analyze the political economy of agricultural producer support in the OECD countries between 1986 and 2001. We review the variety of theories of agricultural protection created by economists to explain this apparent anomaly. Most of these theories give short shrift to institutional features of the political system by simply assuming that politics is determined by underlying economic factors. We explicitly include political institutional factors, such as veto players, federalism, party fragmentation, and the timing of elections, alongside traditional economic factors to model agricultural producer support. A political economy model demonstrates that agriculture should not be treated as the exception to our understanding of protectionism as is often the conclusion of previous econometric studies. The results of several cross-sectional time-series analyses suggest that agricultural producer support conforms to general patterns of protectionism in other areas of industry.

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The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection

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2007

The Journal of Politics

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“…The second process is the multifunctional development of rural areas, concerning the creation of new steady jobs connected with small-scale production, or services in branches encompassing the agricultural environment or the benefits of rural areas [10]. [12].…”

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Agricultural policy taking into account the cooperative

Marks-Bielska¹

2017

Engineering for Rural Development

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Abstract. The aim of the article was to present the role and importance of agricultural policy as a form of interventionism in the market mechanism. It also identifies the important role of cooperatives in agriculture. The reason for the discussions that have been conducted for years on the subject of state interventionism in the agriculture of countries with market economies is the need to evaluate solutions being used around the world. In a market economy, agricultural policy is a form of state intervention in the functioning of the market mechanism for the purpose of its improvement, particularly in the areas where it fails to function properly. This results from the essence of interventionism.

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“…Multifunctionality recognizes that, while the primary role of agriculture is producing food and fiber, other functions, such as land conservation, maintenance of landscape structure, sustainable management of natural resources, biodiversity preservation, and contributions to the socio-economic viability of rural areas 34,35 , are also valuable-a sentiment expressed by many members of the cow-calf operator typology classes. Multifunctionality recognizes that, while the primary role of agriculture is producing food and fiber, other functions, such as land conservation, maintenance of landscape structure, sustainable management of natural resources, biodiversity preservation, and contributions to the socio-economic viability of rural areas 34,35 , are also valuable-a sentiment expressed by many members of the cow-calf operator typology classes.…”

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Socio-cultural aspects of cow–calf operation persistence in a peri-urban county in Iowa

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Flora

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Renew. Agric. Food Syst.

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Cow-calf operations in grass-based agricultural systems in Marion County, Iowa, are multifunctional in their provision of agronomic, ecological, economic and social uses. Since 1992, however, pastureland and cow-calf operations have decreased because of urban encroachment, leading to a speculative loss of some beneficial functions. The goal of this interdisciplinary project, conducted from 2003 to 2005, was to employ a farming systems research and evaluation platform to investigate grassland multifunctionality at farm, field and community levels. A socio-cultural analysis was conducted with the objective of identifying motivations of cow-calf operators to remain on the land despite increasing urban pressure. Environmental, as well as socio-economic, parameters were evaluated in understanding grassland multifunctionality in semi-structured interviews and a focus group. Typology classes derived from the study placed the majority of participants as maintaining integrated cattle and grain operations as full-time income sources. At the farm and community levels, themes from participants' responses suggested that the relevance of profit from a cow-calf operation is mediated by a wide range of livelihood and lifestyle choices, and that operators have diverse criteria regarding the suitability of land for pasture. Themes encompassing farm preservation and building intergenerational social capital were particularly evident among the full-time, integrated cattle/grain crop family farm members. At the community level, governmental policies rewarding practices that increase field and farm biodiversity, as demonstrated by a prairie pasture system implemented in a follow-up on-farm experiment, will facilitate greater support of grass-based systems from local institutions. In order to address the educational needs expressed by study participants, extension and federal environmental agencies are encouraged to provide relevant design and implementation recommendations in recognition of local knowledge related to farmland multifunctionality and sustainable land usage for integrated crop and livestock operations.

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Competing Paradigms in the OECD and Their Impact on the WTO Agricultural Talks

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection

The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection

Agricultural policy taking into account the cooperative

Socio-cultural aspects of cow–calf operation persistence in a peri-urban county in Iowa

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