Implications of consumer-oriented food subsidies for domestic agriculture

von Braun, Joachim. 1988. Implications of consumer-oriented food subsidies for domestic agriculture. In Food subsidies in developing countries: costs, benefits, and policy options. Pinstrup-Andersen, Per (Ed.) Chapter 6. Pp. 92-106. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161095

This chapter does not attempt to provide a balanced assessment of the costs and benefits of food subsidy systems. Rather, it focuses on answering three questions: 1. What are the mechanisms through which consumer-oriented food subsidies affect domestic agriculture? 2. To what extent do consumer-oriented food subsidies burden domestic agriculture? That is, what is the empirical evidence? 3. How may the potentially negative effects of consumer-oriented food subsidies on domestic agriculture be avoided?