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<blockquote data-quote="Austin7" data-source="post: 7493402" data-attributes="member: 42100"><p>What follows is in no way a defence of AHDB. However, I believe that collective action can provide growers with increased productivity, enable environmentally sustainable production and a more equitable share of the return in the market place whilst at the same time also supporting the wider population with the public goods they require. The essence of collective action is that growers have to work together for this common cause. Each and every individual's contribution will make a grower better off, there will be a positive return on the cost. However in a purely voluntary situation the grower would always be better off by leaving it all to other growers to shoulder the burden. Where we stand today is that the collective action has fallen away because too many growers have individually decided to not pay the price. Therefore, the whole gain has been lost not just for all growers but also the value of the public goods for the wider population. However, there is another player, not just the Yes and No Growers. The question is will Government stand aside and let the public good wither. Almost certainly that will not happen. At the moment, they say that they will not retain the current Statutory Levy, but as the Minister has hinted there are many and various ways it could be reincarnated. Government also has the option of providing incentives and disincentives to those who don’t voluntarily participate. The principle of collective action has been flung into a grave by the AHDB, that does not make it an unworthy principle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Austin7, post: 7493402, member: 42100"] What follows is in no way a defence of AHDB. However, I believe that collective action can provide growers with increased productivity, enable environmentally sustainable production and a more equitable share of the return in the market place whilst at the same time also supporting the wider population with the public goods they require. The essence of collective action is that growers have to work together for this common cause. Each and every individual's contribution will make a grower better off, there will be a positive return on the cost. However in a purely voluntary situation the grower would always be better off by leaving it all to other growers to shoulder the burden. Where we stand today is that the collective action has fallen away because too many growers have individually decided to not pay the price. Therefore, the whole gain has been lost not just for all growers but also the value of the public goods for the wider population. However, there is another player, not just the Yes and No Growers. The question is will Government stand aside and let the public good wither. Almost certainly that will not happen. At the moment, they say that they will not retain the current Statutory Levy, but as the Minister has hinted there are many and various ways it could be reincarnated. Government also has the option of providing incentives and disincentives to those who don’t voluntarily participate. The principle of collective action has been flung into a grave by the AHDB, that does not make it an unworthy principle. [/QUOTE]
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