Farm subsidies are falling worldwide.
Rich pickings
Nov 7th 2007
From Economist.com
THE rich world generously subsidises its farmers. Between 2004 and 2006, OECD countries spent an average...(article here).
Farm subsidies are necessary for national security and for cheap food policies.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
3 comments:
php,
Subsidies are fundamentally important to risk-mitigation in the agricultural industry. I think governments should look at additional avenues of subsidy to encourage some degree of agricultural localization, apiculture, indigenous crops, and lower-impact farming practices. I think programs to encourage individual landowner-farmers to continue farming are also in order.
...One more thing. I'm doing a little head-count. Would you be interested in writing for a collaborative blog, to launch in mid-2008? Environment, economy, ethics, education, et cetera.
-erd
erd: Yes, I'd be interested. Let me know.
Post a Comment