OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2002-2007.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

OECD CERI Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Forecasting--Periodicals.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic statistics--Statistics--Periodicals.

Agriculture and state--Periodicals.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Cedex, France : OECD, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An analysis of market trends and medium-term prospects for the main agricultural products, this publication considers how they are influenced by government policies.

Contents:

""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""The Outlook in Brief""; ""Overview""; ""Outlook at a glance � economic rebound will eventually boost markets""; ""The macroeconomic context is weak but should improve""; ""OECD agricultural policies affect output and trade""; ""World production will continue to expand""; ""Stronger world demand, particularly from developing countries""; ""Growing OECD trade in agricultural products""; ""Figure 1. OECD exports""; ""World prices to recover gradually""; ""Figure 2. Outlook for world prices to 2007""

""Market and policy uncertainties cloud the Outlook picture""""Russia to remain a major importer""; ""China �a wild card for the Outlook""; ""Many policy challenges ahead""; ""Economic and Policy Assumptions""; ""Key economic assumptions""; ""Key policy assumptions""; ""Notes""; ""A selection of future agricultural policy events""; ""Review of economic assumptions""; ""A synchronised global dowturn""; ""Figure 3. GDP growth projections for selected OECD countries, China and Russia""; ""So much depends now on US performance""; ""But the Japanese economy remains in recession""

""Europe unlikely to drive global recovery""""A quicker turnaround likely for some smaller OECD economies""; ""Growth is slowing elsewhere, but remains robust in China and Russia""; ""Table 1. Where population and income is projected to grow""; ""Period of low inflation will continue""; ""US dollar to remain generally strong""; ""Figure 4. Nominal exchange rate projections""; ""Box 1. Sensitivity analysis: effects of exchange rate changes""; ""Table 2. 10% exchange rate shock: effects on world market prices""; ""Table 3. 10% exchange rate shock: effects on net trade""

""More challenging agricultural markets in the short term?""""Box 2. The effect of the economic downturn on agricultural markets""; ""Figure 5. OECD GDP growth rate: comparison of OECD projections""; ""Figure 6. Impact of economic downturn on world (average 2001-2002)""; ""Review of the policy assumptions""; ""Projections assume unchanged policy environment""; ""US, EU and Japanese policies have major market impacts""; ""Canadian and Mexican policies influenced by US and NAFTA""; ""Australian and New Zealand farm programmes are more limited""

""Multilateral and regional trade agreements continue to apply""""Many new and complex policy challenges""; ""Agricultural support still high in many OECD countries""; ""Generous US Farm bill proposals are a risk to reform""; ""EU Agenda 2000 reforms due for review in 2002 and 2003""; ""URAA has been influential in the agricultural reform process""; ""Table 4. Average tariff in 2000 by in, out and non-quota products""; ""The Doha Development Agenda is a wild card for the outlook""; ""Conclusions""; ""Box 3. The Farm Security and Rural Investment (FSRI) Act 2002-07""

""Loan rates, direct payment rates and target prices (USD/Unit)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-08180-5

9786610081806

92-64-19344-8

OCLC:

642661298