Decoupling Farm Payments: Experience in the U.S., Canada, and Europe

Commodity payments in Europe and North America are production based, encouraging greater chemical use and cropping area. Thus, each region undermines the other’s price supports at the expense of the environment. Countries can, however, sever the link between yield levels and payments. Allowing farmers to exit agriculture poses challenges for the US, but perhaps not for Canada and the EU.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	van Kooten, Gerrit Cornelis ; Ogg, Clayton
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Victoria
Subject:	decoupling \| liberalizing trade \| environment \| flexibility

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 2004-13 14 pages
Classification:	Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation ; Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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