Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in the United States
The US food and agriculture sector is innovative, competitive and export-oriented. Changes in national and global demand offer further opportunities for US agri-food products, although climate change and other resource constraints could create additional challenges, in particular in some regions. Maintaining high productivity growth, while improving the sustainable use of resources will require further innovation. In a policy environment generally favourable to investment and innovation, the strong US agricultural innovation system is expected to continue to create innovations that will be widely adopted, to the extent that these can be widely accepted.
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US domestic and trade-related agricultural policy
This chapter provides an overview of agricultural policies, focusing on commodity, crop insurance, conservation and energy programmes, and a brief discussion of agricultural-trade related measures. It also reports trends on the level and composition of support and discusses the likely impacts of agricultural policy measures on structural change, environmental performance and innovation in the sector.
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