Agricultural protectionism

The agricultural protectionism is a safeguard policy for the local agriculture and is represented mainly in the industrialized nations. Agricultural protectionism enables domestic farmers to protect themselves against foreign competitors . Protection is expressed in various measures and regulations, such as:

• Production quotas ,
• Minimum prices ,
• Duties and
• Export subsidies

literature

• Simon Martin Neumair: Agricultural protectionism in industrialized countries - the example of the EU sugar market regime. Perspectives and adjustments of the sugar industry in Bavaria. Verlag Utz, VVF, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8316-0804-1 . (Also: Dissertation, Munich University, 2008).

Web links

• Further information on EU agricultural protectionism

swell

1. ↑ Student Duden (ed.): The geography . Dudenverlag, Mannheim 1991, ISBN 3-411-04222-2 , pp. 16 .
2. ↑ Mk .: BDI demonizes agricultural protectionism. Welt Online, February 25, 1998, p. 1 , accessed December 10, 2008 (German).