Agricultural policies in OECD countries : at a glance 2010.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--OECD countries.

Agriculture.

Agriculture and state--OECD countries.

Agriculture and state.

Produce trade--OECD countries.

Produce trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report is a unique source of up-to date estimates of support to agriculture. It provides an overview of agricultural support in the OECD areas, complemented by individual chapters on the development of support in all OECD countries. Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: At a Glance is published every other year, alternating with the longer report, Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation. This book includes StatLinks, URLs under graphs and tables linking Excel® files with the underlying data. This 2010 edition finds that in 2009, support to farmers in OECD countries accounted for 22% of the farmers’ gross receipts (%PSE). This was slightly up from 21% in 2008, and marks a return to the level shown in 2007. This is the first increase in support levels in five years, after a steady decline that began in 2004. Higher commodity prices in 2007 and 2008 were behind falls in the measured support for those years, but in 2009 these prices returned to the same level as in 2007. Despite a long-term reduction in both the level of support and the share of the most distorting forms of support, the latter still dominates in the majority of OECD countries. Some countries have taken clear steps towards reducing the level of support and/or implementing more decoupled support, while others have lagged behind. In some countries, support is becoming increasingly conditional on famers following specified production practices as part of their government’s pursuit of broader policy objectives.

Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Acronyms; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Evaluation of Support and Policy Developments; Chapter 2. Country Focus; Chapter 3. Summary Tables of Estimates of Support for OECD Countries

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789264083806 (PDF)

9786612764288

9789264083806

9264083804

OCLC:

694342029