The Economic or the Ecological Way? Basic Alternatives for the EC's Agricultural Policy

Gunther Weinschenck

European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1987, vol. 14, issue 1, 49-60

Abstract: The policy proposals presented in the Green Paper are not consistent with the stated objectives. They will not prevent a rapid decrease in the number of farms and the abolition of farming in the less-favored regions. After a systematic discussion of the various policy alternatives and their implications, a proposal is developed to reduce output by decreasing the use of yield-increasing inputs and to support farming in the less-favored areas by direct-income aids and retirement payments. The reduction in the use of yield- increasing inputs, particularly nitrogen, can be achieved by imposing a tax. This policy would not only reduce surplus production but would also encourage a less intensive and ecologically more desirable use of the land. Copyright 1987 by Oxford University Press.

Date: 1987
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