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Abstract
This paper analyzes agricultural policy in Argentina and calculates the degree of
support received by producers and consumers. We present a summary of developments
in the agricultural policy environment that have occurred in the last decades in
Argentina, as well as the resulting performance of the agricultural sector. The concepts
of Producer Support Estimates, Consumer Support Estimates, General Services Support
Estimates, Producer Nominal Assistance Coefficient and Nominal Protection
Coefficient are used to analyse different dimensions of transfers occurring between
agricultural producers, consumers and taxpayers in the period 2007-2012. Total
transfers from producers have averaged US$ 11.000 million annually or 26% of total
gross farm receipts. Support flowing from the public sector to producers in the form of
R&D, infrastructure and other “public good” type of inputs totalize some 500 million
annually.