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Problem
Over-dependence on farm subsidies
Other Names:
Over-subsidized agriculture
Excessive subsidies to farmers
Broader Problems:
Counter-productive agricultural price supports
Narrower Problems:
Inappropriate irrigation subsidies
Inappropriate agricultural subsidies for chemicalized farming
Inappropriate agricultural subsidies for livestock production
Related Problems:
Inappropriate modernization of agriculture
Aggravates:
Agricultural overproduction
Cultivation of illegal drugs
Deliberately unused farm fields
Excessive reliance on mineral fertilizers
Destruction of surplus agricultural produce
Imbalance between agricultural exports and imports
Unsustainable short-term improvements in agricultural productivity
Water wars
Strategies:
Subsidizing agricultural production
Reducing farm subsidies
Developing agriculture
Protecting agriculture
References:
Repetto, Robert: Paying the Price: pesticide subsidies in developing countries
Subject(s):
Agriculture, Fisheries
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Agriculture
Agriculture, Fisheries
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Farming
Amenities
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Households
Commerce
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Finance
Commerce
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Purchasing, supplying
Economics
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Productivity
Societal Problems
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Dependence
Societal Problems
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Maltreatment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
30.04.2022 – 03:39 CEST