What part we should leave for commerce and what part for feeding?
taking the point of view from a Canadian, must a quota be established to regulate what amount of food in a harvest is used for the commerce and what amount is used to feed your country?, I need, personal points of view, long answers, solutions, and if it is possible sources, thank you.
We live in a free market society. To require a producer to sell into certain markets (i.e. domestic markets) would go against the free market principals. I know that we have several types of structures in place (marketing boards etc) that do interfere in the marketplace, but those tend to remnants of an earlier, less free market, were intended originally to cushion the farmers from fluctuations in the markets, and ultimately, they are counter to efficiency. One hopes in the near future such structures will be eliminated..
I can’t see any need to create such a system, which would inherently be less efficient than the current system. Without a need, why create the legislation? It’s not like we have shortages of food in the country.
Now perhaps in a third world country with limited food supplies, there might be an argument to be made, but that would have to be a very unusual condition.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:10 pm
We live in a free market society. To require a producer to sell into certain markets (i.e. domestic markets) would go against the free market principals. I know that we have several types of structures in place (marketing boards etc) that do interfere in the marketplace, but those tend to remnants of an earlier, less free market, were intended originally to cushion the farmers from fluctuations in the markets, and ultimately, they are counter to efficiency. One hopes in the near future such structures will be eliminated..
I can’t see any need to create such a system, which would inherently be less efficient than the current system. Without a need, why create the legislation? It’s not like we have shortages of food in the country.
Now perhaps in a third world country with limited food supplies, there might be an argument to be made, but that would have to be a very unusual condition.
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