#Agricultural Subsidies

[queen-boudicca]

Me when doing my environmental science homework, at every available opportunity:

#wish there were a class discord or a chill teacher so i could share it #fr though I'm like “oh we're talking about freshwater? hey did you know that agricultural runoff is causing accelerated eutrophication?” #and that a lot of the runoff is bc of erosion caused by the destruction of ecosystems and their vegetation that would've kept soil in place #and the runoff is mostly compromised of fertilizer and bacteria and pesticides from the agriculture and sediment from the eroded land #and that crop irrigation is so inefficient that literally 40% of irrigation water never reaches the crops #and don't even get me started on the FUCKING CORN SUBSIDIES #god those fucking corn subsidies #“hey boudicca what's the worst policy choice the us government made in the 1930s–40s?” #“was it American isolationism? maybe increased militarization? the garbage treatment of women and minorities?” #wrong! it was not stopping those fucking corn subsidies #(this is a joke obviously those other things were worse) #(I'm not actually saying this silly little agricultural practice was worse than Japanese internment don't worry) #but i AM saying that at some point they should've fucking phased out those goddamn corn subsidies #do you wanna know why California grows so much corn even though it's an incredibly water intensive crop and California is dry as shit? #I'll give you three guesses #anyway sorry for rambling my point is fuck industrial agriculture #agriculture #described

[alternis]

me: amazon show me what vegan meal replacement drinks are available

amazon: gotcha boss here's fifteen sponsored ads and 3 'relevant for you' results

me: and these are all vegan right? they don't have milk? because milk would make me extremely sick?

amazon: they're good shakes boss!

me: amazon. all of these have the first ingredient 'milk'. and the second ingredient 'milk protein'.

#I knooooow dairy milk is cheap as sin due to agricultural subsidies. but if vegan is the FIRST WORD IF MY SEARCH #maybe there is a REASON FOR THAT #I don't expect anything for sponsored ads but the first page of regular results? come the fuck on dude

[boylebingo]

i’m a few weeks (months?) late to this so forgive me if someone has made this point already but i’m obsessed with the fact that in the emily in paris universe coronavirus does not and never has existed and yet EVERYONE knows what zoom is

#emily in paris #i had encountered zoom in exactly one place before covid #and it was in organizing calls for text banking campaigns supporting democrats in swing seats running for state offices lmao #like emily girlie did you find zoom by encouraging residents of michigans eighth congressional district to do relational organizing #cuz something tells me youve never heard the phrase vote tripling #anyway point being zoom used to be so niche !! #to know what it was was also know ‘the stance of the democratic candidate in montana’s at-large district on agricultural subsidies’

[thepotentialof2007]

the majority of [united states] government funding and taxpayer-backed programs in agriculture support corporate-controlled livestock and poultry operations and the production of grains (like corn and soybeans) to feed their animals

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#united states agriculture #farm subsidies #crop insurance #corporate farms #food not feed #farm bill

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Government incentives will play an important role in reconciling the competing demands on our planet’s resources. But new research reveals at least $1.8tn (£1.3tn) of environmentally harmful subsidies is heading in the wrong direction every year, financing the annihilation of wildlife and global heating through support for cattle ranching, pesticide use, the overproduction of crops and fossil fuel extraction.

“In a situation where, as a civilisation, we are dying from climate change and biodiversity loss, we should not be spending money on making the situation worse,” says Ariel Brunner, head of policy for BirdLife Europe and Central Asia. “The biggest threats to our ability to feed ourselves are climate change and environmental collapse. We have enough food. The only scenarios in which we wouldn’t have enough are linked to running out of water, soil erosion and the collapse of ecosystems.”

The report, produced by leading subsidy experts for the B Team and Business for Nature, estimated that, each year, there is at least $640bn of environmentally damaging financial support for the fossil fuel industry, $520bn for agriculture and $350bn for the unsustainable use of freshwater. Examples range from subsidies for soy production in the Amazon and palm oil plantations in south-east Asia to artificially low energy prices for groundwater pumping in Iran and poor water management in California.

Despite a target on redirecting subsidies in the draft UN biodiversity agreement, repurposing them will not be easy. The B Team argues that the UN target should be strengthened to eradicate all environmentally harmful subsidies – not just the $500bn drafted at the moment – and businesses must reveal the support and subsidies they receive through environmental disclosures.

But there is also political jeopardy. Governments have never met a UN target on halting the destruction of nature, with failure to act on subsidies highlighted as a key failure of last decade’s targets. Recent protests in France, Kazakhstan and Nigeria over the threatened loss of subsidies are warnings to leaders on how subsidy reform can go wrong.

#government subsidies #agriculture #ranching #pesticides #climate change #fossil fuels

[sunsahkti]

Empowering Farmers: Government Subsidies for Solar Water Pumps in Agriculture

In today's rapidly evolving agricultural landscape, the integration of sustainable and efficient practices is paramount. Among these, the adoption of solar-powered water pumps stands out as a revolutionary solution, offering farmers a reliable and environmentally friendly means of irrigation. Recognizing the significance of this technology, governments worldwide have initiated subsidy programs to encourage its widespread implementation within the agricultural sector.

Understanding the Need

Agriculture heavily relies on water for irrigation, particularly in regions prone to droughts or with limited access to conventional energy sources. Traditional diesel or electric pumps often incur high operational costs and contribute to carbon emissions, posing economic and environmental challenges for farmers. Solar water pumps emerge as a compelling alternative, harnessing energy from the sun to power efficient water extraction systems.

Government Subsidies: Catalysts for Adoption

Governments play a pivotal role in facilitating the transition towards sustainable farming practices. By offering subsidies for solar water pumps, policymakers aim to alleviate financial barriers and incentivize farmers to embrace renewable energy solutions. These subsidies typically cover a significant portion of the upfront costs associated with purchasing and installing solar pumps, making them more accessible to agricultural communities.

Benefits for Farmers

The adoption of solar water pumps unlocks a multitude of benefits for farmers, ranging from cost savings to enhanced productivity and environmental stewardship. Here's a closer look at how these subsidies empower farmers:

Cost Savings

Solar water pumps reduce dependency on expensive diesel or grid electricity, resulting in substantial cost savings over their operational lifespan. With lower fuel and maintenance expenses, farmers can allocate resources more efficiently, thereby improving their overall financial viability.

Reliable Water Supply

One of the primary challenges faced by farmers is securing a consistent water supply for irrigation, especially in arid or remote areas. Solar pumps operate autonomously using renewable energy, ensuring a reliable water source for crops regardless of grid availability or fuel availability.

Increased Productivity

Access to reliable irrigation facilitates better crop yields and quality, enabling farmers to maximize their agricultural output. By optimizing water usage and timing, solar pumps contribute to improved crop health, leading to higher profitability and resilience against adverse weather conditions.

Environmental Sustainability

Unlike conventional pumps, solar-powered systems produce zero greenhouse gas emissions and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, thus mitigating environmental impact. By embracing renewable energy solutions, farmers contribute to combating climate change and preserving natural resources for future generations.

Case Studies: Success Stories

Across the globe, numerous examples highlight the transformative impact of government subsidy programs for solar water pump subsidy  in agriculture. From smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to large-scale agribusinesses in Australia, these initiatives have empowered diverse farming communities to thrive sustainably.

India

In India, the government's ambitious "Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM)" scheme aims to promote solar energy adoption in agriculture. Under this scheme, farmers receive subsidies and financial support to install solar pumps, thereby reducing reliance on costly diesel alternatives and enhancing energy independence.

United States

In the United States, federal and state-level incentives encourage farmers to invest in renewable energy technologies, including solar water pumps. Through programs such as the USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), farmers can access grants and loans to offset the capital costs of installing solar-powered irrigation systems.

Australia

In Australia, where water scarcity is a pressing issue, government subsidies have spurred widespread adoption of solar pumps among agricultural enterprises. By harnessing abundant sunlight to extract groundwater for irrigation, farmers in arid regions can maintain crop productivity while conserving scarce water resources.

Conclusion

Government subsidies for solar water pump subsidy  represent a cornerstone of sustainable agricultural development, offering farmers a pathway towards greater productivity, profitability, and resilience. By leveraging renewable energy technologies, farmers can mitigate operational costs, enhance water security, and reduce environmental footprint, thereby ensuring a brighter and more sustainable future for agriculture.

#agriculture solar panel price #solar water pump subsidy #solar pump for agriculture

[captobiotech]

पॉलीहाउस लगाने पर किसानों को प्रति वर्ग मीटर 935 रुपये की लागत पर 50% सब्सिडी दी जाएगी - Polyhouse farming scheme! 🌿🌱

सरकार के इस फैसले से किसानों की आय में वृद्धि होगी और उत्पादन में भी बढ़ोतरी होगी। पॉलीहाउस और शेडनेट में सालभर फलों और सब्जियों की खेती करके, हम सुनहरा भविष्य बुन सकते हैं। 🌾🍅🍓

#PolyhouseFarming #किसान #सुगमता #कृषि #समृद्धि #nethouse #agriculture #AgriculteursEnColere #polyhousefarming #organicfarming #subsidy #FarmerProtest

[kesarijournal]

The Grand WTO's Food, Fishing, and Farming Fiasco

The Grand WTO's Food, Fishing, and Farming Fiasco

Welcome to the latest drama that’s more tangled than your earphones in a pocket – the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ongoing saga involving a cast of nations with India and South Africa in leading roles, and a contentious plot over food, fishing, and farming subsidies. Set against the backdrop of Abu Dhabi’s Ministerial Conference, our story unfolds with India and South Africa uniting to…

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#2024 #agricultural policies #Common But Differentiated Responsibilities #developing nations&039; rights #distant water fishing #environmental sustainability #Exclusive Economic Zones #farm subsidies controversy #farmers&039; protests #fishing subsidies debate #food security #global economic satire #global trade battles #India&039;s trade stance #international negotiations #investment facilitation deadlock #marine resource management #multilateral trade agreements #South Africa and India collaboration #Special and Differential Treatment #sustainable fishing practices #trade and development #trade policy satire #UNCLOS #US dispute #WTO drama #WTO ministerial conference #WTO reforms

[nirajforhelp]

Diesel Anudan Yojana Status Check 2023 बिहार डीजल अनुदान आवेदन स्थिति ऐसे देखे

यदि आपने भी बिहार डिजल अनुदान योजना के लिए ऑनलाइन आवेदन किया है? तो अब आपको Diesel Anudan Yojana Status Check जरुर करना चाहिए. क्योंकि तभी आपको पता चलेगा की आपका आवेदन एक्सेप्ट हुआ या रिजेक्ट? और बिहार डिजल अनुदान का पैसा आपको कब तक मिलेगा? DBT Agriculture Bihar की वेबसाइट पर बिहार डिजल अनुदान बैलेंस चेक करने का लिंक एक्टिवेट कर दिया गया है. इस आर्टिकल में मैं आपको स्टेप बाई स्टेप पूरा प्रोसेस…

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#Bihar Diesel Anudan Status Check #Bihar Diesel Anudan Status Check Online #Bihar Diesel Subsidy Application Status Check #Bihar Diesel Subsidy Scheme Status Check #Check Application Status of Bihar Diesel Subsidy Scheme #Diesel Anudan Status Check DBT Agriculture Bihar #Disel Anudan Yojana Status Check Bihar #डीजल खरीफ अनुदान स्टेटस चेक बिहार

[headspace-hotel]

I will write this thought about Veganism and Classism in the USA in another post so as to not derail the other thread:

There are comments in the notes that say meat is only cheaper than plant based foods because of subsidies artificially lowering the price of meat in the United States. This is...part of the story but not all of it.

For my animal agriculture lab we went to a butcher shop and watched the butcher cut up a pig into various cuts of meat. I have had to study quite a bit about the meat industry in that class. This has been the first time I fully realized how strongly the meat on a single animal is divided up by socioeconomic class.

Like yes, meat cumulatively takes more natural resources to create and thus should be more expensive, but once that animal is cut apart, it is divided up between rich and poor based on how good to eat the parts are. I was really shocked at watching this process and seeing just how clean and crisp an indicator of class this is.

Specifically, the types of meat I'm most familiar with are traditionally "waste" parts left over once the desirable parts are gone. For example, beef brisket is the dangly, floppy bit on the front of a cow's neck. Pork spareribs are the part of the ribcage that's barely got anything on it.

And that stuff is a tier above the "meat" that is most of what poor people eat: sausage, hot dogs, bologna, other heavily processed meat products that are essentially made up of all the scraps from the carcass that can't go into the "cuts" of meat. Where my mom comes from in North Carolina, you can buy "livermush" which is a processed meat product made up of a mixture of liver and a bunch of random body parts ground up and congealed together. There's also "head cheese" (made of parts of the pig's head) and pickled pigs' feet and chitlin's (that's made of intestines iirc) and cracklin's (basically crispy fried pig skin) and probably a bunch of stuff i'm forgetting. A lot of traditional Southern cooking uses basically scraps of animal ingredients to stretch across multiple meals, like putting pork fat in beans or saving bacon grease for gravy or the like.

So another dysfunctional thing about our food system, is that instead of people of each socioeconomic class eating a certain number of animals, every individual animal is basically divided up along class lines, with the poorest people eating the scraps no one else will eat (oftentimes heavily processed in a way that makes it incredibly unhealthy).

Even the 70% lean ground beef is made by injecting extra leftover fat back into the ground-up meat because the extra fat is undesirable on the "better" cuts. (Gross!)

I've made, or eaten, many a recipe where the only thing that makes it non-vegan is the chicken broth. Chicken broth, just leftover chicken bones and cartilage rendered and boiled down in water? How much is that "driving demand" for meat, when it's basically a byproduct?

That class really made me twist my brain around about the idea of abstaining from animal products as a way to deprive the industry of profits. Nobody eats "X number of cows, pigs, chickens in a lifetime" because depending on the socioeconomic class, they're eating different parts of the animal, splitting it with someone richer or poorer than they are. If a bunch of people who only ate processed meats anyway abstained, that wouldn't equal "saving" X number of animals, it would just mean the scraps and byproducts from a bunch of people's steaks or pork chops would have something different happen to them.

The other major relevant conclusion I got from that class, was that animal agriculture is so dominant because of monoculture. People think it's animal agriculture vs. plant agriculture (or plants used for human consumption vs. using them to feed livestock), but from capitalism's point of view, feeding animals corn is just another way to use corn to generate profits.

People think we could feed the world by using the grain fed to animals to feed humans, but...the grain fed to animals, is not actually a viable diet for the human population, because it's literally just corn and soybean. Like animal agriculture is used to give some semblance of variety to the consumer's diet in a system that is almost totally dominated by like 3 monocrops.

Do y'all have any idea how much of the American diet is just corn?!?! Corn starch, corn syrup, corn this, corn that, processed into the appearance of variety. And chickens and pigs are just another way to process corn. That's basically why we have them, because they can eat our corn. It's a total disaster.

And it's even worse because almost all the USA's plant foods that aren't the giant industrial monocrops maintained by pesticides and machines, are harvested and cared for by undocumented migrant workers that get abused and mistreated and can't say anything because their boss will tattle on them to ICE.

#agriculture #it's so messed up #plants #livestock

[indian-school-of-public-policy]

Lokneeti | Student Experience - Clara Malik

Dive into the inspiring journey of Clara, a dedicated changemaker in the realm of rural livelihoods and women empowerment, as she shares her transformative experiences in our Lokneeti Alumni series! Get ready to be captivated by Clara's incredible work with PRADAN, a pioneering NGO focused on uplifting marginalized SC/ST women through strategic socio-economic development programs. Since 2017, Clara has been at the forefront, tirelessly driving positive change in the lives of these women in two blocks, collaborating closely with government administrations to bring about sustainable impact.

#water policy in india #national water policy #agricultural subsidies in india #agriculture policy #agricultural policies #agriculture price policy #economic policy in india #new economic policy of india #liberalisation of indian economy #Youtube

[wewantclimateactionnow]

"City-based teal independents have crossed the great dividing range to support Pilliga and Liverpool Plains farmers and traditional owners fighting a Santos coal seam gas project and the accompanying Hunter gas pipeline."

"Kate Gunn, a farmer who hosted the information day, said she was hoping more people would realise that developing coal seam gas on the Liverpool Plains was an “exceptionally bad idea”.

Gunn is one of a younger generation of farmers. Soon after she returned to the land, the first big coalmining project was announced for the region. Since then, both BHP’s Caroona coal project and Shenhua’s Watermark coalmine have been dropped. Now she is dealing with the Santos project.

“There’s a lot of us that are very committed and the number is growing,” she said. “I went to town yesterday and was asked for my phone number and people said ‘make sure you ring me next time you have a protest or a blockade. I want to come and hold a sign’.”"

#jail climate criminals #we want climate action now #climate change #climate chaos #food security #methane #santos #liverpool plains #nsw #australia #artesian water #food bowl #agriculture #fossil fuel industry #fossil fuels #fossil fuel subsidies #donations #political corruption #coal industry

[ryandjaxon]

I’m inspired to grow my own fresh romaine lettuce 🥬 homemade! “As a consequence of Switzerland’s economic isolation in World War II, the government provided significant #subsidies for #Agriculture, including direct #market interventions and price guarantees, to maintain a high level of #domestic #production. Owing to trade-liberalization policies enacted in the 1990s, however, Switzerland has modified its agricultural support system, replacing these policies with direct payments to the farmers as compensation for services in the public interest.” - @brittanica

#public interest #agriculture #subsidies #domestic #local #farming #fresh food #garden #nature #sustainability #swiss #cottage garden

[merikheti]

Government Agriculture Schemes & Subsidies | Farmer Subsidy Scheme | किसानों के लिए सरकारी योजना

#youtube #agriculture subsidy #subsidy scheme #uttar pradesh government schemes 2022 #government schemes for agriculture #Farmer Subsidy Scheme #farmer scheme in uttar pradesh #farmer scheme in hindi #schemes for farmers

[krishak-rastra-sandesh]

एग्रीकल्चर ड्रोन आसान करेगा किसानों का काम, अब एक एकड़ के छिड़काव में लगेंगे सिर्फ 7 मिनट

एग्रीकल्चर ड्रोन आसान करेगा किसानों का काम, अब एक एकड़ के छिड़काव में लगेंगे सिर्फ 7 मिनट

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#agriculture drones #farm subsidy #Kisan #pesticide spraying

[determinate-negation]

“This raises the question: if industrial production is necessary to meet decent-living standards today, then perhaps capitalism—notwithstanding its negative impact on social indicators over the past five hundred years—is necessary to develop the industrial capacity to meet these higher-order goals. This has been the dominant assumption in development economics for the past half century. But it does not withstand empirical scrutiny. For the majority of the world, capitalism has historically constrained, rather than enabled, technological development—and this dynamic remains a major problem today.

It has long been recognized by liberals and Marxists alike that the rise of capitalism in the core economies was associated with rapid industrial expansion, on a scale with no precedent under feudalism or other precapitalist class structures. What is less widely understood is that this very same system produced the opposite effect in the periphery and semi-periphery. Indeed, the forced integration of peripheral regions into the capitalist world-system during the period circa 1492 to 1914 was characterized by widespread deindustrialization and agrarianization, with countries compelled to specialize in agricultural and other primary commodities, often under “pre-modern” and ostensibly “feudal” conditions.

In Eastern Europe, for instance, the number of people living in cities declined by almost one-third during the seventeenth century, as the region became an agrarian serf-economy exporting cheap grain and timber to Western Europe. At the same time, Spanish and Portuguese colonizers were transforming the American continents into suppliers of precious metals and agricultural goods, with urban manufacturing suppressed by the state. When the capitalist world-system expanded into Africa in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, imports of British cloth and steel destroyed Indigenous textile production and iron smelting, while Africans were instead made to specialize in palm oil, peanuts, and other cheap cash crops produced with enslaved labor. India—once the great manufacturing hub of the world—suffered a similar fate after colonization by Britain in 1757. By 1840, British colonizers boasted that they had “succeeded in converting India from a manufacturing country into a country exporting raw produce.” Much the same story unfolded in China after it was forced to open its domestic economy to capitalist trade during the British invasion of 1839–42. According to historians, the influx of European textiles, soap, and other manufactured goods “destroyed rural handicraft industries in the villages, causing unemployment and hardship for the Chinese peasantry.”

The great deindustrialization of the periphery was achieved in part through policy interventions by the core states, such as through the imposition of colonial prohibitions on manufacturing and through “unequal treaties,” which were intended to destroy industrial competition from Southern producers, establish captive markets for Western industrial output, and position Southern economies as providers of cheap labor and resources. But these dynamics were also reinforced by structural features of profit-oriented markets. Capitalists only employ new technologies to the extent that it is profitable for them to do so. This can present an obstacle to economic development if there is little demand for domestic industrial production (due to low incomes, foreign competition, etc.), or if the costs of innovation are high.

Capitalists in the Global North overcame these problems because the state intervened extensively in the economy by setting high tariffs, providing public subsidies, assuming the costs of research and development, and ensuring adequate consumer demand through government spending. But in the Global South, where state support for industry was foreclosed by centuries of formal and informal colonialism, it has been more profitable for capitalists to export cheap agricultural goods than to invest in high-technology manufacturing. The profitability of new technologies also depends on the cost of labor. In the North, where wages are comparatively high, capitalists have historically found it profitable to employ labor-saving technologies. But in the peripheral economies, where wages have been heavily compressed, it has often been cheaper to use labor-intensive production techniques than to pay for expensive machinery.

Of course, the global division of labor has changed since the late nineteenth century. Many of the leading industries of that time, including textiles, steel, and assembly line processes, have now been outsourced to low-wage peripheral economies like India and China, while the core states have moved to innovation activities, high-technology aerospace and biotech engineering, information technology, and capital-intensive agriculture. Yet still the basic problem remains. Under neoliberal globalization (structural adjustment programs and WTO rules), governments in the periphery are generally precluded from using tariffs, subsidies, and other forms of industrial policy to achieve meaningful development and economic sovereignty, while labor market deregulation and global labor arbitrage have kept wages extremely low. In this context, the drive to maximize profit leads Southern capitalists and foreign investors to pour resources into relatively low-technology export sectors, at the expense of more modern lines of industry.

Moreover, for those parts of the periphery that occupy the lowest rungs in global commodity chains, production continues to be organized along so-called pre-modern lines, even under the new division of labor. In the Congo, for instance, workers are sent into dangerous mineshafts without any modern safety equipment, tunneling deep into the ground with nothing but shovels, often coerced at gunpoint by U.S.-backed militias, so that Microsoft and Apple can secure cheap coltan for their electronics devices. Pre-modern production processes predicated on the “technology” of labor coercion are also found in the cocoa plantations of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, where enslaved children labor in brutal conditions for corporations like Cadbury, or Colombia’s banana export sector, where a hyper-exploited peasantry is kept in line by a regime of rural terror and extrajudicial killings overseen by private death squads.

Uneven global development, including the endurance of ostensibly “feudal” relations of production, is not inevitable. It is an effect of capitalist dynamics. Capitalists in the periphery find it more profitable to employ cheap labor subject to conditions of slavery or other forms of coercion than they do to invest in modern industry.”

Capitalism, Global Poverty, and the Case for Democratic Socialism by Jason Hickle and Dylan Sullivan

#mine #imperialism #capitalism