Name: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers. Program Elements & Effectiveness
SKU: 64755863
Price: 2546.00 TWD
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Author: Herman Langdon;Jake Macey
ISBN: 9781629482828

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Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers. Program Elements & Effectiveness

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Nova Science Publishers

Author

Herman Langdon;Jake Macey

Year

2013

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.8x15.4x0.6 cm

ISBN13

9781629482828

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers. Program Elements & Effectiveness

Herman Langdon;Jake Macey (Author) · Nova Science Publishers · Paperback

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Synopsis "Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers. Program Elements & Effectiveness"

The origin of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers program can be traced back to a 2000 Department of Labor report recommending that a separate program be enacted "to assist agricultural producers and workers affected adversely by imports" if the objective is to assist them to remain in their current occupations. The report described the existing trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programs that provided (1) limited technical assistance to help business firms (including some that produced agricultural and food products) regain economic competitiveness or to shift into producing other goods, and (2) training assistance to workers (including those employed by some agricultural firms) to facilitate their transition into other occupations. It noted that the provision of direct financial assistance (such as income supplements) to farmers, or efforts to financially enable them to continue producing the commodity adversely affected by imports rather than help them adjust to employment in other sectors, would be inconsistent with the objectives of the then-existing TAA programs. Observers stated that farmers and ranchers typically did not qualify for the TAA workers program because they were self-employed (and thus rarely were eligible for unemployment benefits) and were less likely to want to be retrained for a new occupation (particularly if earning income from producing other crops or from non-farm sources). This book examines the TAA programs elements and effectiveness.