 A Comprehensive Strategy for Agricultural Economics and Food PolicyDavid Hall () Chapter Chapter 15 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 223-237 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Farmers looked back angrily to the mid-1980s believing Government and other sectors of the economy had ‘ripped farmers off’. Federated Farmers developed a future strategy for agricultural economics and food policy, recognising New Zealand living standards depended upon increased growth led by farming exports and noting that future farming prosperity depended on sound Government economic management. A competitive, market related, economy had to be created by reducing Government spending, reducing protection of manufacturing and liberalising the labour market. The freehold family farm would continue to be farming’s cornerstone. The strategy included that it was essential that New Zealand continued to encourage international free trade, but attempts to liberalise global trade were hindered because New Zealand was a protectionist country, restricting imports from manufacturing countries. Keywords: Farmers’ strategy for national policies; Liberalising international trade; Liberalising national policies (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:psachp:978-3-030-86300-5_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy from Palgrave Macmillan |
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