Agricultural policies in the world
- Sep- 2019 -27 September
Overview of agricultural and food policies around the world
Download the PDF Since the beginning of the 2000s, and in particular following the food crisis of 2007/08, agricultural and…
Read More » - 14 September
Agricultural prices: the OECD persists in error
Download the PDF As every year in the run-up to the summer break, the OECD has published its forecast of…
Read More » - 10 September
US agriculture needs a 21st century New Deal
Dpwnload the PDF US agriculture needs a 21st-century New Deal These are difficult times in farm country. Historic spring rains…
Read More » - Jul- 2019 -11 July
New Farm Bill : farmers will receive counter cyclical aid when milk prices are under 350€ per ton
Download the PDF American agricultural policy has just been reformed and dairy farmers have not been forgotten in this time…
Read More » - May- 2019 -24 May
Repeal of the Swiss “chocolate law”: a sleight of hand between export subsidy and aid coupled with production
Like all WTO members, Switzerland has committed to abolishing its export subsidies. The "chocolate law" which made it possible to…
Read More » - Mar- 2019 -22 March
Faced with the risks of free trade, agricultural policies are necessary to guarantee food sovereignty
Jacques Loyat, agro-economist is the author of several books on agricultural policies, including the recent Advocacy for active agricultural policies1…
Read More » - Jan- 2019 -28 January
The 2018 Farm Bill: an almost identical American agricultural policy
The US Congress has just validated the new version of US agricultural policy. The Democrats' victory in the House of…
Read More » - Dec- 2018 -13 December
US cranberry producers sacrifice part of their production to get out of the crisis
Overproduction crises are commonplace in the agricultural sector and more particularly in the fruit and vegetable sector, where yields can…
Read More » - Oct- 2018 -1 October
The sugar policy in the United States: a continuous management of the internal market
The United States currently rank 6th among sugar-producing countries with about 9 million tonnes or 4.7% of world production in…
Read More » - Sep- 2018 -13 September
US-China trade war: soybeans and pork at the heart of Trump’s 12 billion announced support
The trade war triggered by Donald Trump has repercussions on the most exporting American agricultural sectors. The import taxes applied…
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