家族経営を基礎とした政策理念と制度

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This study aims to examine agricultural policy and the system by which family farms are supported in Switzerland. Agricultural policy in Switzerland has been developed with the thinking that traditional family farms need to be maintained. Current policy is grounded in article 104 of the federal constitution, revised in 1996, and made firm by some acts and ordinances that relate to direct payment, based on the article. The idea for this agricultural policy came from a 1984 white paper on agriculture; this idea has been embraced to date and embodied in the introduction of various new programs, including those that relate to direct payments, proof of ecological performance, and payments for animal welfare that is in line with taxpayers’ interests.