Why do agricultural subsidies exist? Agricultural subsidies are widespread worldwide governmental supports / Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ; U.S. agricultural subsidies are the result of the Great Depression / Daniel Imhoff ; U.S. agricultural subsidies are the result of a wide variety of governmental programs / Chris Edwards ; Agricultural subsidies are a response to low prices / Daryll E. Ray, Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Kelly J. Tiller

What are some concerns about agricultural subsidies? Agricultural subsidies cause dumping in developing countries / Claire Godfrey ; Agricultural subsidies are not the cause of dumping in developing countries / Sophia Murphy, Ben Lilliston, Mary Beth Lake ; Agricultural subsidies harm the poor in developing countries / Per Pinstrup-Andersen ; Agricultural subsidies benefit the least developed countries / Arvind Panagariya ; Agricultural subsidies encourage the overproduction of unhealthy food / Amy Frykholm ; Agricultural subsidies worsen the global food shortage crisis / Washington Times

Should agricultural subsidies be eliminated? U.S. agricultural subsidies should be eliminated / Daniel Griswold, Stephen Slivinski, Christopher Preble ; Eliminating U.S. agricultural subsidies is not a good solution / Tom Philpott ; U.S. farmers do not need agricultural subsidies to survive / Brian M. Riedl ; Some U.S. farmers say they need agricultural subsidies to survive / Bruce Hight ; Agricultural subsidies are not necessary and should be eliminated / Dean Kleckner ; Agricultural subsidies are needed to protect food and local communities / Anuradha Mittal ; To ensure quality food, current agricultural subsidies need to be eliminated / Michael Pollan ; To end global poverty, it is not enough to eliminate agricultural subsidies / Sophia Murphy

What are some alternatives to agricultural subsidies? Internal food security is needed to deal with the global food crisis / Thomas Dobbs ; Agricultural policies need to support local control / Corrina Steward ; Safety nets are a better alternative to agricultural subsidies / Britt Lundgren ; Instead of funding agricultural subsidies, resources should be used for world hunger / Kamal Nath.