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The Transfer Efficiency Assessment of Individual Income-Based Whole Farm Support Programs
Government intervention in agriculture is common place in Canada. During the last three decades farm support programs as well as support levels have increased substantially. Because of growing fiscal deficits and public debts all government programs including those for agriculture are currently under review. Transfer efficiency of all farm programs are being investigated and more efficient and trade friendly farm support programs are being sought. In light of the recent GATT Agreement, the current direction of Canadian agricultural policy is towards whole farm income stabilization and away from traditional commodity specific price and income support programs. New tools and concepts are required to evaluate such whole farm based programs. The major objective of this study is to develop a framework capable of evaluating whole farm base programs. In addition to the theoretical framework, a prototype programming model is developed to examine quantitatively the effects of various support programs on farm level production decisions.
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Note: Due to the technical nature of this publication, it is only available in the language of the author (English).
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