The Use of Collaborative Bargaining in Agricultural Policy-Making

Creating agricultural policies that balance the needs of different interest groups and economic sectors presents challenges for policy makers. While many different methods have been developed to address this issue, this report will provide a critical review of the process that is commonly known as collaborative bargaining - a technique in which public policy is developed by stakeholders, not government, using a consensus-based approach. This report is composed of four sections - Classification of Issues to be Resolved, Techniques for Identifying Social Preferences, Characteristics of Collaborative Bargaining, and Collaborative Bargaining in Practice