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Agriculture as the Problem: New Agendas and New Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Sandra S. Batie
Sandra S. Batie*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Agriculture was once seen as the solution to many of the nation's problems. A strong agricultural sector translated into a strong America. Kohl et al. have presented four reasons for the past public commitment to agriculture. First, the agricultural sector has had considerable political power; second, there has been a widely held perception that farmers were economically disadvantaged relative to the rest of society; third, for many decades the growth of rural economies has been dependent on healthy agricultural sectors; and, finally, information produced by colleges of agriculture has been seen as a public good worthy of support by general tax revenues.

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Invited Papers and Discussions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 1 - 11
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1988

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