United States Agricultural Policies

Food Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 13-46
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Agricultural Policies

scholarly journals MEASURING PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
WANKI MOON ◽  
JAE BONG CHANG ◽  
JEBARAJ ASIRVATHAM
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Multifunctional Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Citizens Attitudes ◽  
National Food Security

AbstractThe paper examines U.S. citizens' attitudes toward the concept of multifunctional agriculture and their perceptions about its various attributes. While the concept has emerged as a major narrative shaping agricultural policies and WTO trade rules, there are considerable disagreements among researchers and policy-makers about what should be considered legitimate attributes of multifunctional agriculture, preventing WTO negotiations from moving forward. Results show that U.S. citizens rated national food security and environmental services as the most important multifunctional roles of U.S. agriculture, and national food security makes the largest contribution to explaining U.S. citizens' attitudes toward multifunctional agriculture.

scholarly journals More Than a Scientific Movement

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Maxim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Green Chemistry ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
The United States ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Perfect Adaptation ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
Hybrid Character ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Environmental Relevance

The green chemistry (GC) concept originated in the United States during the 1990s to describe an approach to chemistry that aims to lower impacts on health and the environment. Based on 70 interviews with scientists from France and the United States, I investigated green chemists’ practices and motivations, and the socio-political influences on their attitudes to GC. The results show that GC has a hybrid character, bringing together scientists with different motivations (funding, career, communication, ethical, political). The boundaries of the definition of GC are constantly shifting under the influence of research funding and environmental, industrial and agricultural policies. GC reflects the perfect adaptation of a terminology to the external conditions of chemistry’s socio-political contexts. While this is a strength that gives GC the potential for changing overall practices in chemistry, this might also be its major weakness as it might completely lose its original environmental relevance, depending on the evolution of external drivers.

scholarly journals An Economic Analysis of the Greenhouse, Nursery, and Sod Sector in the United States

HortScience ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund M. Tavernier ◽  
Robin G. Brumfield
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

The greenhouse, nursery, and sod (GNS) sector in the United States accounted for $10 billion in gross sales or 5% of gross farm receipts, in 1998. Despite its significant economic contributions, the sector receives little attention from policymakers. Part of the problem lies in the absence of empirical economic analysis that addresses the impact of the sector on the U.S. economy. The absence of such analysis places the sector at a disadvantage when agricultural policies are designed to address agricultural imbalances, such as farm income problems, and hinders the ability of the sector to lobby for policies favorable to GNS producers. This study provides estimates of the economic impacts of the GNS sector on the U.S. economy and quantifies the linkages between the GNS sector and other economic sectors. The results show that the sector contributed over $26 billion and $17 billion in output and value added economic activity, respectively, and over 438,000 jobs.

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