Overview

Originally published in 1971, this book resulted from a 2-year study of the implications of the Common Market agricultural policy in relation to agricultural marketing in Britain. It provides the background to agricultural policies and explains why marketing developed differently in Britain and European countries. There are specific chapters on cereals, sugar, diary produce, horticultural products, livestock and meat, vegetable oils and oilseeds, eggs and poultry-meat and other farm products such as hops potatoes and wool). The book discusses such issues as the possible effects on British agricultural and horticultural marketing of adopting the CAP and the role played by the producer organisations.

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Author:   Michael Butterwick ,  Edmund Neville-Rolfe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.280kg
ISBN:  

9781032498638

ISBN 10:   1032498633
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   01 April 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: The Background to Intervention in Agricultural Markets 1. An Incomplete Policy 2. The Marketing Gap 3. The work of Intervention Agencies Part 2: The Principal Farm Products 4. Cereals 5. Milk and Dairy Products 6. Livestock and Meat 7. Eggs and Poultry-Meat 8. Sugar 9. Horticulture 10. Vegetable Oils and Oilseeds 11. Other Farm Products Part 3: The Future for Regulated Agricultural Markets 12. EEC Farmers’ Marketing Organisations and their Future 13. The Future for Intervention 14. Implications for the British Market 4: Appendices A: Agricultural Marketing in Other Countries Applying for ECC Membership B: Intervention Purchases EEC 1967/8 – 1969/70 C: Expenditure from Guidance Section of FEOGA 1964/68 D: UK/EEC Conversion Factors.

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Michael Butterwick was lecturer on Production Economics at the Institute of Agrarian Affairs, Oxford University. Edmund Neville-Rolfe was a researcher and agronomist.

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