Agriculture Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/agriculture/ Independent research and policy analysis on fiscal, monetary, and regulatory issues in Europe Wed, 03 May 2023 03:37:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://en.irefeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/IREF-LinkedIn-Profile-DarkBlue-scaled.png Agriculture Archives - IREF Europe https://en.irefeurope.org/tag/agriculture/ 32 32 How do agricultural subsidies in wealthy countries harm low-income countries? https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-do-agricultural-subsidies-in-wealthy-countries-harm-low-income-countries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-do-agricultural-subsidies-in-wealthy-countries-harm-low-income-countries https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-do-agricultural-subsidies-in-wealthy-countries-harm-low-income-countries/#respond Wed, 03 May 2023 03:33:23 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/?p=35048 Since the Agreement on Agriculture of the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into force in 1995, global trade patterns have changed, but a number of distortions have remained. For example,…

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]]> https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/online-articles/article/how-do-agricultural-subsidies-in-wealthy-countries-harm-low-income-countries/feed/ 0 2 750 € for each French farmer https://en.irefeurope.org/key-figures/article/2-750-eur-for-each-french-farmer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-750-eur-for-each-french-farmer https://en.irefeurope.org/key-figures/article/2-750-eur-for-each-french-farmer/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:17:11 +0000 https://en.irefeurope.org/publications/other-publications/key-figures/2-750-eur-for-each-french-farmer/ Without any preliminary consultation with the Parliament, the French President Sarkozy announced a subsidy of 1.65 € billions for the agricultural sector. It is hard to imagine where Sarkozy will find this money, given the current economic context and the quasi bankruptcy of the French government. But it is more interesting to question the utility of this subsidy, which amounts for some 2 750 € per farmer.* It is a considerable amount for the state budget, but a highly insufficient one when it comes to the investment that each farmer can realize with it.

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