West German Agriculture

Graham Hallett
Additional contact information
Graham Hallett: University College

Chapter 4 in The Social Economy of West Germany, 1973, pp 42-50 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The remarkable achievements of the Federal Republic of Germany in the industrial sector are well-known; the problems and achievements of West German agriculture are less well known. There is a widespread belief in Britain that West German farming is, as The Economist once put it, ‘one of the most backward peasant communities in Europe’. This gives a false impression of the position. West German agriculture is technically quite advanced. The farm structure however is for the most part not adapted to modern needs. The consequent problems are particularly severe because a structurally outdated agriculture has, in the last decade, been subjected to the pressures of an advanced industrial economy.

Keywords: Federal Republic; Agricultural Policy; Social Economy; Structural Reform; Common Agricultural Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1973
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-01900-7_4

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349019007

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-01900-7_4

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().