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Knowledge of agricultural politics: introduction

Knowledge of agricultural politics: introduction. Roel Jongeneel & Niek Koning. Wageningen University Agricultural Economics & Rural Policy. Course contents. Literature Lectures Agripol Exam. Literature. Syllabus Meester et al., EU-beleid voor landbouw, voedsel en groen

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Knowledge of agricultural politics: introduction

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  1. Knowledge of agricultural politics: introduction Roel Jongeneel & Niek Koning Wageningen University Agricultural Economics & Rural Policy

  2. Course contents • Literature • Lectures • Agripol • Exam

  3. Literature • Syllabus • Meester et al., EU-beleid voor landbouw, voedsel en groen • Economic backgrounder Agripol • Aanbevolen: • LNV nota ‘Kiezen voor landbouw’ • Silvis et al., Handboek agrarische economie en beleid

  4. Lectures • Introduction • Introduction Agripol & instruments of farm policy • History and backgrounds • Dynamics of agricultural markets, EU farm policy • New challenges • Rural development policy, biological agriculture, food safety, biotechnology • International aspects • Multilateral farm policies, WTO, developing countries

  5. AgripolA game about farm policy and international trade • 7 countries • EU, US, South Korea, New Zealand, Argentina, Ukraine, Kenya • 3 markets • Dairy, beef, cereals • You are the governments

  6. Rules • You try to maximise a national welfare index • Components: farm income, per capita food consumption, limitation of government spending on agriculture, trade balance • You can use a list of policy measures • Price support, price subsidy, direct payments, fertiliser subsidy, storage, production quotas, set aside, structural policy • Each week (‘year’) you enter your decisions • The effects are determined by a stylised model of the real world • After 3 rounds you can negotiate international rules with the other governments

  7. Winning & losing • You play against each other and against the game itself • The country that ends with the highest welfare index is the winning country • The countries win from the game if at least one of them ends with a higher welfare index than the one it started with

  8. Examination • Agripol test (January 27): backgrounder & insight in the game (counts for 20 percent of final grade) • Written exam (March 1)

  9. Test • After 2 rounds, we have a test based on Agripol • The outcome of the test counts for one-third of your final mark for this course

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