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Relations between the state and the farmer are currently the stuff of news headlines. There is an emerging public consciousness that, apart from the nationalised industries, agriculture is the most highly regulated and state supported sector of the economy. Concern has been heightened with the realisation that government involvement has had considerable implications for the organisation and structure of farming, for the welfare of rural communities, for the ecology of the countryside, for the price and availability of food, for nutritional standards, and for international trading relationships.
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Cox, G., Lowe, P., Winter, M. (1986). The state and the farmer: perspectives on agricultural policy. In: Cox, G., Lowe, P., Winter, M. (eds) Agriculture: People and Policies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5962-3_1
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