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Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

By: Kirit S. Parikh,Günther Fischer,Klaus Frohberg,Odd Gulbrandsen

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Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

By: Kirit S. Parikh,Günther Fischer,Klaus Frohberg,Odd Gulbrandsen

Agriculture seems to be a difficult sector to manage for most governments. Developing countries face tough dilemmas in deciding on appropriate price poli eies to stimulate food production and maintain stable, preferably low, prices for poor consumers. Governments in developed countries face similar difficult deci sions. They are called upon to give income guarantees to farmers whose incomes are unstable and relatively low when compared to those in the nonagricultural sector. These guarantees often lead to ever-increasing budgetary outlays and unwanted agricultural surpluses. High prices make new investments and the application of new technologies more attractive than world prices warrant, and a process is set in motion where technological innovation attains amomenturn of its own, in turn requiring price policies that maintain their rates of return. Surpluses are disposed of with subsidies in domestic markets or in the international market. Price competition reduces the market share of other exporters, who may be efficient producers, unless they are willing to engage in subsidy competition. This lowers export earnings and farm incomes or depletes the public resources of developing countries that export competing products. Retaliatory measures have led to frictions and further distortions of world prices. Every so orten the major agricultural exporters - the USA, the EC, Aus tralia, or Canada - accuse one another of unfair intervention. Though they have agreed to discuss agricultural trade liberalization under GATT negotiations, if anything, the expenditure on farm support has continued to increase in both the EC and the USA.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401735581

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9789401735582

Norwegian Newspapers in America

Connecting Norway and the New Land

By: Odd Sverre Lovoll

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Norwegian Newspapers in America

Connecting Norway and the New Land

By: Odd Sverre Lovoll

A comprehensive look at the Norwegian-language press, celebrating the tireless writers, editors, and publishers whose efforts helped guide Norwegian immigrants on their path to becoming Norwegian Americans

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Minnesota Historical Society

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0873517962

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9780873517966

Across the Deep Blue Sea

The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants

By: Odd Sverre Lovoll

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Across the Deep Blue Sea

The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants

By: Odd Sverre Lovoll

Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Quebec, Montreal, and other port cities in Canada became the gateway for Norwegian emigrants to North America, replacing New York as the main destination from 1850 until the late 1860s. During those years, 94 percent of Norwegian emigrants landed in Canada. After the introduction of free trade, Norwegian sailing ships engaged in the lucrative timber trade between Canada and the British Isles. Ships carried timber one way across the Atlantic and emigrants on the way west. For the vast majority landing in Canadian port cities, Canada became a corridor to their final destinations in the Upper Midwest, primarily Wisconsin and Minnesota. Lovoll explains the establishment and failure of Norwegian colonies in Quebec Province and pays due attention to the tragic fate of the Gaspe settlement. A personal story of the emigrant experience passed down as family lore is retold here, supported by extensive research. The journey south and settlement in the Upper Midwest completes a highly human narrative of the travails, endurance, failures, and successes of people who sought a better life in a new land. Odd S. Lovoll, professor emeritus of history at St. Olaf College and recipient of the Fritt Ords Honnør for his work on Norwegian immigration, is the author of numerous books, including Norwegians on the Prairie and Norwegian Newspapers in America"--

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0873519728

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9780873519724

Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

By: Kirit S. Parikh,Günther Fischer,Klaus Frohberg,Odd Gulbrandsen

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By: Kirit S. Parikh,Günther Fischer,Klaus Frohberg,Odd Gulbrandsen

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Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

Norwegian Newspapers in America

Norwegian Newspapers in America

Across the Deep Blue Sea

Across the Deep Blue Sea

Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

Towards Free Trade in Agriculture

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