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| Dimensions: 5.5'' x 8.5'' |
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| 79 pages |
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AEI Press
(Washington)
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| Publication Date: July 1996 |
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| Paperback |
| ISBN: 0-8447-3915-4 |
| Price: $ 9.95 |
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Critics of government commodity programs often indict those programs for their adverse environmental effects. Although revisions of commodity programs in the last two farm acts have addressed some concerns, others remain.
Walter Thurman analyzes current agricultural policies, focusing on traditional commodity programs, to determine their systematic environmental effects. Specific programs examined include price income support for feed grains, cotton, and rice; tobacco and peanut supply controls, import controls on sugar; and dairy policies. [More...]
Walter N. Thurman is a professor of economics and agricultural economics at North Carolina State University.
Table of Contents
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Foreword: Christopher DeMuth
- Introduction
- Commodity Programs and Their Environmental Effects
- Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Production
- Proposed Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Programs
- Conclusions
References
Index
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