Mnagement of Food Production in the EU
- Created by: Brad
- Created on: 30-01-13 10:17
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- EU
- Set-asides
- Taking Land out of production
- Decreases Surplus
- Decreases the lands productivity and farmers income
- Very effective as it allows land to rejuvenated between uses and decrease surpluses
- Intervention pricing
- If global market prices fall below guaranteed price, the EU would buy up surplus to protect income
- Lower than the market prices
- Payed at Tax payer s expense
- Protects farmers income
- Not very effective as large fluctuations in the market occur reguarly
- Tariffs
- Put barriers to the import and export of crops by adding tax
- Corrects trade imbalance
- Creates 'tariff wars' between businesses
- Non-effective as it limits business and trade relations with countries outside the EU
- Subsidies
- Environmental subsidy to help farmers manage the supply of agricultural comodities, cost and supply
- Low Prices
- Mass production
- Increases Government spending
- Creates 'food mountains' which go to waste
- Not Very effective due to the waste and the inefficiency
- Quotas
- setting limits fo the amount of non-EU food that can be imported
- Protects farmers from cheap foreign competition
- Slows the rate of development in LEDC's
- Very effective in the EU but can cause problems in other parts of the world
- Non-market policies
- decrases stock piles of food
- Reduces strain on tax payer by increasing prices on certain food to make up the losses on other crop production
- Consumers often pay more for everyday items
- Very effective as it means the EU can decrease strain on the tax payer without too much damage to the economy
- Environmental Stewardship
- Protection of the natural environment
- Promotes sustainable Development
- Can decrease yeild
- Preserves biodiversity and wildlife
- Very Effective because it is widely promoted
- Set-asides
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