Agricultural price policy- the context and the approach

Determination of agricultural prices is intensely political because of its profound influence on equity, income distribution, consumption, production, and economic development. Thus agricultural price policy occupies a major place in political debate, the deliberations of government bureaucracies, a...

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Main Authors: Ahmed, Raisuddin, Mellor, John W.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1988
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161123
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description Determination of agricultural prices is intensely political because of its profound influence on equity, income distribution, consumption, production, and economic development. Thus agricultural price policy occupies a major place in political debate, the deliberations of government bureaucracies, and the decisions made by consumers and producers. This is so in both high-income countries, where food and agriculture represent a small part of aggregate income but are still important in consumption and politics, and in low-income countries, where they are central to the political and economic processes.
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spelling CGSpace1611232025-04-08T18:30:36Z Agricultural price policy- the context and the approach Ahmed, Raisuddin Mellor, John W. food prices developing countries agricultural prices Determination of agricultural prices is intensely political because of its profound influence on equity, income distribution, consumption, production, and economic development. Thus agricultural price policy occupies a major place in political debate, the deliberations of government bureaucracies, and the decisions made by consumers and producers. This is so in both high-income countries, where food and agriculture represent a small part of aggregate income but are still important in consumption and politics, and in low-income countries, where they are central to the political and economic processes. 1988 2024-11-21T09:53:37Z 2024-11-21T09:53:37Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161123 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ahmed, Raisuddin; and Mellor, John W. 1988. Agricultural price policy- the context and the approach. In Agricultural price policy for developing countries. Mellor, John W. and Ahmed, Raisuddin (Eds.) Chapter 1. Pp. 1-10. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161123
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