Unit 4: Agriculture - Economic and Political Controls
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- Economic and Political Controls
- Marshal Plan - US Scheme after WWII to provide food to Europe
- Europe didn't want to be dependent on another country so gave grants to farmers to increase production
- Hedgerow removal to increase field size
- Improved machinery and livestock
- Drainage of wet fields
- Liming to neutralize acidic soils
- Europe didn't want to be dependent on another country so gave grants to farmers to increase production
- Reducing food surpluses caused by guaranteed markets
- Quotas - limits on what they are allowed to produce
- Farm diversification - encouraged to focus on alternative products e.g. biofuels, bees and activities e.g. camping, farm shops and pony trekking
- Set aside - paid for taking out land and keeping it in a condition where it can be farmed again
- Environmentally Sensitive Areas - paid to continue traditional farming techniques e.g. grazing chalk downs
- Countryside Stewardship Scheme - grants to manage land for the environment or for public facilities
- Wildlife corridors
- Old meadows and pastures
- Traditional walls, ditches and buildings
- Environmental Stewardship Scheme - farmers paid for benefiting the environment (entry level awards points for good conditions)
- No cutting of hedgerows during bird breeding season
- Ditches only cleared once every 5 years
- Stone walls protected from deterioration
- No farming activities under tree canopies
- World Trade System
- Prices may be set by buyers rather than producers, forcing poorer people to be less sustainable
- Marshal Plan - US Scheme after WWII to provide food to Europe
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