Agrarian Policies and Agricultural Systems

Alessandro Bonanno

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429713750
• Topic: Politik & Internationale Beziehungen
• Subtopic: Öffentliche Landwirtschaftspolitik

This book is a comparative analysis of the agrarian policies and the agricultural systems of the European Community (EC) and the United States (US). It provides an overview of the agricultural policies of the EC and US, their stated objectives, and their impact on both agricultural sectors.

Index

AAA. See Agricultural Adjustment Acts (1933, 1938)

AAB. See Belgian Agricultural Alliance

AAM. See American Agricultural Movement

ABL. See Arbeits Gruppe Bauerliche Landwirtschaft

ABS. See Algemeen Boeren Syndicaat

Acid rain, 154

ACP. See Asia, Caribbean, and Pacific countries

Acreage reduction/reserve, 16, 32, 38, 39, 49

ACRES USA, 42

Acta Unica Europea (AUE), 84, 85, 87, 88, 96, 101

Activists, 48–49, 65

ADM. See Archer Daniels Midland

AFBF. See American Farm Bureau Federation

AFCA. See Spanish Association of Agricultural Cooperatives

Afghanistan, 43

Africa, 66, 67

AGCI. See General Association of Italian Cooperatives

Agreement with Mediterranean Countries, 170

Agribusiness, 9, 10, 19, 37, 39, 42, 49–50, 52, 58, 59, 62, 292(table 1.16)

European, 156, 164, 175, 226(n35) foreign ownership of US, 55

Agricultural Act of 1949, 231

Agricultural Act of 1956, 32

Agricultural Act of 1958, 33–34

Agricultural Act of 1970, 38

Agricultural Adjustment Acts (1933, 1938) (AAA), 10, 28, 30, 69–70(n8), 225

Agricultural Association of Young Farmers (ASAJA), 204

Agricultural Council of Denmark, 207

Agricultural Movement of Northerner Tenants and Sharecroppers (MARN), 204

Agricultural policies/ systems, US, 228, 229–231, 295(table)

authorizing vs. appropriation functions, 13

basic tenets of, 229

and budgetary process, 44

changing nature of problems, 14

and cheap food, 30, 56

compared with EC policies, 233–239, 311(tables)

complexity of, 10, 42, 58–59, 61

costs of programs, 45, 241, 243, 279(table)

and crises, 17

current status of, 44–55

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgments
• INTRODUCTION
• I AGRARIAN POLICIES AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES
• II AGRARIAN POLICIES AND THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
• III THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY: MEANING AND FUNCTIONING OF INSTITUTIONAL AND MARKET MECHANISMS
• IV SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE EC AGRICULTURAL POLICY
• V THE AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EC: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
• VI AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE US AND EC: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
• About the Authors
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Tables and Figures
• Index