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rule bill billions to be made out to pa, document trees, deep sea greed stats, june 7th on t w, the farmers are furious across europe. farmers have been rented and non stop protest, and yes, the newer it was long. but what news that pulls the present piece the you as decided to listen only to the very big farmers and to agribusiness on them. good to go home because they say they're struggling to make ends meet and blame those at the top for it. that's not necessarily new, but something's different this time. so emotional, i think that's new. it's fairly little things. i think that are sort of the straws that are breaking the camel's back. these little things that seem to be symptoms of bigger and more complex problems that have been brewing for decades. so what are the real issues at stake and how can we fix them?

the 1st, let's take a closer look at the protests. farmers have been done, inserting all over the content from portugal to lobby a to remain in front of the no, i'm hoping that fits this fits pretty pick. you have them all to fulfill the whole on say people do you about people who don't think this? what's yours? let's say i'll meet you kenneth bus going to normal. somebody shoes are more localized in france and germany. the dentist have focused on the reduction of diesel subsidies. p z. i'll come out these look. i don't, i don't want to extend. just put the different ones that move from one to 20000 oil to ship smoke. that's the only restriction band, the message that says there's maybe some farmers in greece are still reeling from floods in 2023 and are also demanding foster compensation for damage from natural disasters in hungary and poland. farmers complain about imports of cheap room from ukraine, since russia's invasion use waved terrace on the ukrainian grain and produced as a measure of support after russia block to major ukrainian ports in the block c.

this one's on the reduced the subject book. i bet you i posted the new car, but whether it's diesel subsidies for damages or green imports, there's a common thread running through all the protests. farmers feel left alone and overlooked by their government. and if we use it a cold hard numbers, this might well be true. it's just a fact that over time, agriculture tends to shrink relative to other sectors of the economy. stuff on some common top it out as an economist whose research analyzes agricultural policies. he's been a consultant to the world bank and several national governments, and this is true almost everywhere in the world. i can't think of any real exceptions. this is because g d, p growth becomes more and more concentrated on industrial goods and especially services. overtime european farms are dying out, decreasing by roughly a 3rd since 2005. so a point, 7000000 people worked in european agriculture in 2020 and that doesn't include seasonal workers who often labor under precarious conditions. farmers across the

globe are experiencing disproportionate amounts of mental health problems compared to the general public in europe in the us. the farming population has shown elevated suicide rates, being a farmer as not only having the job as a farmer, but really are giving, giving all it to you from my a is a, as an agricultural economist who researches the social side of sustainable food systems. it's a way of life and the flight. so motion to farmer suicide rates in india, the world's most populous nation, are dire. in 2022, at least 30 farmers took their own lives every day. and we can look again to their shrinking roles. agriculture here, the lead has spring significance, you know, reduce the one leader on the importing 15 percent of the country versus jobs and agricultural economists to india as institute for economic growth. but 50 button people of direct during derek and dependent on it. and this creates a situation the best interest of the purchasers gathering and the bread basket,

northern instead of punjab, once the government to guarantee a minimum price for all of their cost to you, i am the it gives the vision. the images for my most are adopt technology like in the lobby and whatever it is by using directive instruct anything just because i'm in front structure like so, whether it's india or europe. farmer, you're struggling or losing relevance in our economic system. and it shows the ways in which the system is stacked against on the well across the value chain is not distributed enough. fairly met, not even even not as a political secretary of a federation. the advocates for european farmers and farm workers a 30 day notice and the thoughts manufacturers a good thing like the biggest share of the volume, which is produced in the marketing for some sector and bottom of some sort of on what goods which are like in the bottom of the book,

these follow chain drain. supermarket chains have massive negotiating power over prices. your king commission survey found that 96 percent of suppliers and you food chain reported that they experienced at least one form of unfair trade practice. the a student, a list of good to these are not biased, wouldn't include an event on the countries i'm getting. this is vice. you could send him on a new often price of trade deals often now to their plight. international agreements like to propose, you marcus, sergio. with increased agricultural in parts from lot american countries, farmers, complainants cheaper and produce that far lower standards type of thing. when you have the, the don't worry, i'll be more 50. so before we continue, or they need, we're just small, small show new, please. go to the wordpress hosting. so federal uh, vix. i going to see be sure it is either via to plus, but yeah. or the one for 2 sucks. well, these up life will need to have a full copy of the contract. even offs of the agricultural sector often takes a backseat and negotiations, leaving social and environmental factors unaddressed. the,

i'm going to go to the foot sector is often used as a bargaining chip to create some, 33, to all in other sectors. more than those 31 more luxury goods in europe. there's a pretty easy target for all that pent up in newer that you commission in brussels . that's because the commission controls the other huge thing. farmers present the comment arbor, cultural policy, or c, p for short launched in 1962. it's the overarching framework that was initially founded to deal with posts for food scarcity, almost 3 quarters of the c a p budget goes to direct payments for farmers sizes. the only thing that matters. their payments are calculated based solely on how big the farm is. the link itself, subsidies to the phone. the land is one of the biggest problems because it gives the favor to the ways of production. definitely want to change. this means the policy of rewards industrial farms which tend to be mano cultural corporations. for

example, one of your biggest airable farms is arbor cost, romanian, serial producer, u e. investors bought it for a report of the between 20300000000 euros, but the firm still gets over 10000000 annually and he use subsidies from any exports. a large majority of it screen, meaning the yield from these massive farms is not benefiting the local economy. most european funds are small, however, 2 thirds of less than 5 actors. and almost all of those are family firms with an aging population, you're going to have to and hook you up on guns. here's how i'm getting the, the help of job space of enough out of so i'm good. that's what he's influence us. as of all that weren't complex enough already, under climate goals, your, it has lofty plans to become the 1st comment. mutual content by 2050 agriculture is responsible for more than 10 percent of total e greenhouse gas emissions. a relative to the size or the overall economic importance of the sector, it produces disproportionately a large share of greenhouse gases. so what are the european commission to make

a green deal along with the firm to ford strategy within a this policy tries to make fruit systems more sustainable. we can't afford kind of to think about deep ext. uh, issues like environmental protects some like bio diversity like ethical issues. and this is where we start running into tensions. farmers of revolted against greendale policies, like phasing of diesel subsidies, reducing fertilizer in pesticide use, and setting aside land for bio diversity. they say the rules don't compensate them for the income loss, and the farmers are taking to bigger share of the responsibility. so it was there something about all of this the just isn't working a lot. but the problem with the policy is that it is a bit gets a frantic. um, if it's meant to be income support, then you think, you know, we should be targeting smaller firms with low income, more and not the big farms. the question is whether it's really designed to be

income support in the 1st place because of the purpose of the policy is for environmental welfare. well then, big firm should be getting more payments because a big farm is affecting in the environment on a much larger number of factors. so the main problem, at least from my perspective as, as a policy analysis, is that, that the policy is not sorry, clear what the main priority is. you're trying to pursue 2 different goals with one policy and with one tool. and that's not really effective. so far, the european commission has back pedals on some of its policies because of the protests for instruct its fuel subsidy cost and the scrap the plan to reduce pesticides. as for ukraine, the european commission will extend its transport to you until 2025, but other than measure to prevent too many you training and products being sold in the states. but all of this might just be popping painkillers for long term solutions. a bigger shift in policy would be needed to help farmers and address

climate change. one solution could be to focus the policies around the environmental aspects of a feed system, not subsidies. the income support is in the european union, a national policy priority, the social policies or national priorities that shouldn't be coming from brussels. it would then be up to the individual member states to support their farmers. they would have more flexibility in shaping their subsidies, which could support smaller farms and create incentives and financial support for more ecological practices. changing the food system, of course, and pates me, you the consumer breakdown the you, the environmental costs simply isn't priced enough and to our purchases. raising those prices would be necessary. and in turn, change or consumption habits. it's not going to affect me with my professors salary, but it's going to affect, you know, a single mother with kids to feed. and we've got a lower salary and policy makers are going to have to find ways of buffering that and distributing the load. but the load has to increase. don't expect anything to

happen in brussels before europe. why it elections in june? 2024 though. in the meantime, some worry that the farmers move in has already been co opted by writing parties, taking political again and getting back to that anger smaller funds and their workers also need a bigger seat at the table. some of the defects on, just a not to say no to the best you. there's all, can you keep people. so just all the visual key, sol, so you don't have people, you can just put them on the bus, succeeds in a through, we have probably minutes, goes into the side of present, its actors going up more or less, maybe that us in the more or less that the school, the by the financial ones for very much shaping called the political agenda for farmers and india. price controls look necessary given that roughly 50 percent of the country's workforce as an agriculture and the long run. differentially develop uh the most of the deep from government zooming out maybe

a healthy dose of reality is needed and thinking about climate change and the struggles of agriculture. agriculture is a sector, it's probably never going to be completely climate neutral. that's the, you know, but the nature of things that said, we're talking about food, which is a necessity. there's other sectors, the economy that produce things that are perhaps quite, is necessary. at the end of the day, farmers are the ones providing are food, their anger is understandable. they're being squeezed and a huge system that stockpiles well for the biggest players, and they're facing more more rules without any fundamental change of that system either from us purchasing were us. and how do you think about from security? tell us and the comments below and don't forget to hit like and subscribe to you next time the of the 3 on the face of

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