In Bolivien wird seit dem Jahr 2009 versucht, eine ernährungssouveräne und postneoliberale Gesellschaft aufzubauen und sich von ökonomischer Fremdherrschaft zu befreien. Im Rahmen dieser empirischen Untersuchung, die auf zwei Forschungsaufenthalten in den Jahren 2013 und 2015 basiert, stehen...

This paper examines the recent difficulties experienced in U.S. agriculture, and discusses the role played by government policies, in particular reviewing recent developments in those policies. Studies of the extent and costs of agricultural protection in the United States and other major...

This chapter discusses principles and consequences of the common agricultural policy (CAP) of the European Community (EC). It shows that agricultural pricing policies aimed at supporting farm incomes were already in place in EC member countries before the inception of the CAP; indeed, in the...

This paper analyses the economic costs of current agricultural policies in Turkmenistan. It argues that the opportunity cost of continuing with these policies is very high for the budget, the average farmer, and the economy as a whole. The paper calls for the development of nontraditional...