Journal article
The Marginalization of the Environment in Agricultural Policy
Agricultural history, Vol.98(3), pp.462-469
08/01/2024
DOI: 10.1215/00021482-11225630
Abstract
From its inception, US settler agriculture has used extractive and unsustainable practices. Farm bill agricultural conservation policy since the 1930s has been based on largely ineffective approaches unable to address the environmental problems caused by agriculture. Conservation policies have consistently had both income support and environmental purposes, and have been largely countercyclical: conservation funding decreases when crop and livestock prices are higher, as income support becomes less important. This happens even though higher prices typically cause environmental stressors to get worse, indicating that conservation is ancillary to productivist goals. This is also apparent from the repeated funding of production-enhancing practices under the guise of conservation. In parallel terms, environmental concerns were and remain peripheral to the “iron triangle” conceptualization. The still-marginal role that environmental issues play in agricultural policy is a huge problem, particularly as climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation become more crucial in the farm sector.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Marginalization of the Environment in Agricultural Policy
- Creators
- Silvia Secchi
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Agricultural history, Vol.98(3), pp.462-469
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- DOI
- 10.1215/00021482-11225630
- ISSN
- 0002-1482
- eISSN
- 1533-8290
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2024
- Academic Unit
- Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984721232002771
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