@article{Spitze:172953,
      recid = {172953},
      author = {Spitze, R. G. F.},
      title = {A continuing evolution in U.S. agricultural and food  policy - The 1990 Act},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1992-07},
      number = {968-2016-75171},
      pages = {16},
      year = {1992},
      abstract = {This paper reports the results of a study of the economic  content and the decision-making
process of the recently  adopted U.S. 1990 agricultural and food policy. It is the  most
comprehensive policy of its type. It represents the  broadest participation of private individuals
and interests  groups, and will affect the economy of not only the United  States, but also
the economies of trading countries around  the world.
The study examines the economic conditions  leading up to the policy, a theoretical
foundation of  public policy determinants, the role of economic analysis  in that policy
development, the provisions of the Act  compared with the previous policy, and its  extensive
economic implications. Results of the study  support features of a conceptual framework for
economic  policy of a participatory government. The study also  reveals the unique policy
process of the United States and  the provisions of its price and income policy for the  food
and agricultural sector.
Finally, this article  identifies the interrelations between the 1990 policy and  on-going
GATT negotiations, the emerging importance of  environmental and food quality issues in
agricultural and  food policy, and sources for further study of this Act.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/172953},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.172953},
}