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| العنوان: |
Understanding the Agriculture Policy Environment In Newfoundland and Labrador-A focus on Farmer Attraction and Retention Interventions. |
| المؤلفون: |
Abdulai, Abdul-Rahim, Oppong, Abigail |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Rural & Community Development; 2021, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p232-252, 21p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
AGRICULTURAL policy, AGRICULTURE, LAND reform, FARMERS, LANGUAGE policy, RED tape, FARMERS' attitudes |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NEWFOUNDLAND & Labrador |
| مستخلص: |
This paper examines agricultural policy interventions in Newfoundland and Labrador. We focus specifically on efforts geared towards building the capacity of agriculture through the attraction and retention of people into the industry. We found that the agricultural policy environment is a complex structure of private and public actors, who intervene both collaboratively and distinctively to make farming attractive to the general public and to keep farmers in the industry. These efforts manifest through financial incentivizing, informational and resources support, skill development and capacity building, land reforms, institutional support, and changes in program requirements and operational mechanisms. However, despite the multiactor driven diverse agricultural policy actions that target various industry capacity sectors, structural limitations in the policy environment, including unclear policy language, red tape, stringent program requirements, a one-sided focus of policy actions, and lack of partnership and silo approach to farm programs undermine how beneficiaries perceive, accept, and participate in policy interventions. More importantly, these challenges reveal the (in)effectiveness of policy actions by highlighting the lack of room for experimentation, inflexibility, and lack of even playing grounds for beneficiaries. Through these findings, this paper contributes to the literature on agricultural policy and policy evaluations by providing empirical case evidence of the dynamics in policy environments and how that could be improved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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