Governmental subsidy paid to farmers and agribusinesses
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An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities.
Examples of such commodities include: wheat, feed grains (grain used as fodder, such as maize or corn, sorghum, barley and oats), cotton, milk, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, oilseeds such as soybeans and meat products such as beef, pork, and lamb and mutton.[1]
A 2021 study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization found $540 billion was given to farmers every year between 2013 and 2018 in global subsidies. The study found these subsidies are harmful in numerous ways. In wealthy countries, they damage health by promoting the overconsumption of meat.
In under-developed countries they encourage overconsumption of low-nutrition staples, such as rice. Subsidies also contribute to the climate crisis, by encouraging deforestation; and they also drive inequality because smallholder farmers, many of whom are women, are excluded. According to UNDP head, Achim Steiner, redirecting subsidies would boost the livelihoods of 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide by creating a more level playing field with large-scale agricultural enterprises.[2] A separate report, by the World Resources Institute in August 2021, said without reform, farm subsidies "will render vast expanses of healthy land useless".[3]
^Karnik, Ajit; Lalvani, Mala (1996). "Interest Groups, Subsidies and Public Goods: Farm Lobby in Indian Agriculture". Economic and Political Weekly. 31 (13): 818–820. JSTOR 4403965.
^"90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN". The Guardian. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^Repurposing Agricultural Subsidies to Restore Degraded Farmland and Grow Rural Prosperity, World Resources Institute
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