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Future Agricultural Economics and Food Policy?

In: Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand

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  • David Hall

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In the twenty-first century, Agricultural Economics and Food Policy depended on responding to attacks from groups making sensational claims about farming’s negative environmental impact. Anti-farming campaigns questioned water quality, climate change and genetic modification. The ‘anti-dairy’ movement had concerns over animal welfare and the environment. ‘Bad news’ was seen as highly effective in influencing public perceptions even if it was untrue. Farmers described that as ‘post factual science’, arguments dressed up as science but abandoning the principles of evidence, balance and context. Some of the criticism was accepted as justified, but some was considered ‘way over the top’, ignoring the good work going on by farming to improve the situation. Agricultural economics and food policy threatened to be determined by sensationalism rather than balanced judgements.

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  • David Hall, 2021. "Future Agricultural Economics and Food Policy?," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand, chapter 0, pages 409-413, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psachp:978-3-030-86300-5_26
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-86300-5_26
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