Increasing Pressures on Farming from the Outside World

David Hall ()

Chapter Chapter 24 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 373-389 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Farming became more constrained by global environmental concerns. Its Animal Welfare Act gave New Zealand modern animal welfare legislation. Federated Farmers proposed using genetic modification (GM) where the technology could be applied safely. An alternative view was that by not exporting GM food New Zealand could boost its trade prospects. In response to climate change concerns, the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme planned to charge farmers for methane emissions from stock flatulence but that was reduced to a levy for research into inhibiting stock methane emissions. Over two decades, farmers had reduced their carbon intensity by 1.2% a year. The Federation pointed out that equally as important as climate change was how to produce enough nutritious food to support the fast-growing, global, population.

Keywords: Environmental constraints; Genetic modification; Emissions trading scheme; Reducing methane emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_24

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