Future Agricultural Economics and Food Policy?

David Hall ()

Chapter Chapter 26 in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, 2021, pp 409-413 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the twenty-first century, Agricultural Economics and Food Policy depended on responding to attacks from groups making sensational claims about farming’s negative environmental impact. Anti-farming campaigns questioned water quality, climate change and genetic modification. The ‘anti-dairy’ movement had concerns over animal welfare and the environment. ‘Bad news’ was seen as highly effective in influencing public perceptions even if it was untrue. Farmers described that as ‘post factual science’, arguments dressed up as science but abandoning the principles of evidence, balance and context. Some of the criticism was accepted as justified, but some was considered ‘way over the top’, ignoring the good work going on by farming to improve the situation. Agricultural economics and food policy threatened to be determined by sensationalism rather than balanced judgements.

Keywords: Attacks on farming; Water quality; Climate change; Genetic modification; ‘Post factual science’ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_26

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