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SOME CURRENT POLICY ISSUES *
Author(s) -
Lloyd Alan G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 0004-9395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1970.tb00568.x
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , agriculture , functional illiteracy , confusion , economics , agricultural policy , economic policy , public economics , agricultural economics , business , tax policy , natural resource economics , political science , geography , tax reform , politics , psychology , archaeology , psychoanalysis , law
A number of current policy issues are discussed which illustrate serious confusion and economic illiteracy in the minds of many influential farm leaders. The issues discussed are: the cost‐price squeeze in agriculture; the embargo on the export of merino rams; promotion of farm products; land policy; and tax concessions for agriculture. In some cases policies are followed which run counter to both farmer and national interests. Along with farm management extension, there is a growing need for agricultural policy extension.