Growing Farmer Influence on Government

David Hall ()

Chapter Chapter 8 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 109-123 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract At the start of the 1960s, the New Zealand Finance Minister said ‘every effort must be made to diversify markets and persuade others to moderate agricultural protectionism’. Federated Farmers was sufficiently confident to propose a comprehensive policy for the New Zealand national economy. The Federation urged curbing inflation partly by a progressive reduction in protection to secondary industries. An Agricultural Development Conference identified the main needs to ensure increased production and the Government announced policy measures in line with the Federated Farmers’ proposals. How Federated Farmers achieved its objectives was described by the Federation’s Research Officer. In mid-1964, Federated Farmers decided it was again appropriate to request a mandatory levy on farm produce to fund the Federation’s activities, but, again, the request was refused.

Keywords: Diversifying markets; Agricultural Development Conference; Combatting inflation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_8

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