Food & Agriculture · Policy Lab
Industrial Monoculture
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Possible public intervention
Crop diversity mandates tied to crop insurance subsidies. Seed market concentration antitrust review. Soil health monitoring requirements.
Institutions to examine
- USDA
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- EPA
Institution abbreviations
- EPA
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- USDA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Existing frameworks and precedents
- Federal Crop Insurance Act
- Plant Variety Protection Act
Open policy gap
Crop diversity mandates tied to insurance subsidies. Four companies control 60% of the seed market. The genetic base is narrowing.
Legislative and policy forums
- Agriculture
- AGRI
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