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POLICY SEMINAR |
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Rhetoric and Reality of U.S. Domestic and Trade Polices for Agriculture
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Location: International Food Policy Research Institute 2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC Fourth Floor Conference Facility Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. R.S.V.P.
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Abstract The 2002 U.S. farm bill retains the planting flexibility of the previous 1996 “freedom to farm act” but reversed the apparent earlier move toward lower subsidies. New crops are eligible for payments, some price guarantees are raised, updating is allowed for acreage and yields on which support payments are made, and counter-cyclical payments are re-institutionalized as a third tier of support for farmers. The new bill has been sharply defended and equally harshly criticized, while a new US proposal for multilateral farm policy reforms has been received more positively. This seminar will examine why the 2002 farm bill came into existence, evaluate its key provisions, and explore how developing countries are affected by U.S. agricultural subsidies and trade policies. The rhetoric has been “hot.” Critics have blasted the 2002 farm bill for undermining the reform process worldwide and undercutting prospects for international development. “Facts on US Farm Policy” posted on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee web page argues back that “Critics of U.S. farm policy would cede our food production to unstable places like the Third World, but in these times does any American want to depend on the Third World for a safe and abundant supply of food and fiber?” This seminar will assess the reality behind this heated rhetoric! Background Reading: “Reform’s Stunted Crop: Congress Re-embraces agricultural subsidies” by David Orden, Regulation, Spring 2002.
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Related Discussion Paper Please RSVP to 202-862-8107 or Email: S.Hill-Lee@cgiar.org. |
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