Agricultural policies in OECD countries : monitoring and evaluation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state--OECD countries--Periodicals.

Agriculture and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris, Cedex, France : OECD, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This annual publication provides detailed data on the level and composition of support and protection to agriculture, and evaluates the extent to which countries are reforming their agricultural policies. Despite some reduction in support in 2000, market price support and output payments continue to be dominant in most countries, insulating farmers from world market signals and distorting global production and trade.

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Executive summary""; ""Part I. Monitoring and Evaluation""; ""Monitoring and Evaluation""; ""1. Economic and agricultural market background""; ""The macroeconomic environment""; ""Table I.1. Macro-economic indicators for OECD countries""; ""Table I.2. Macro-economic indicators for selected non-OECD countries""; ""International agricultural markets""; ""Structural developments""; ""2. Main policy developments in 2000""; ""Developments in domestic policy""; ""New multi-year policy programmes introduced""

""Support prices rose for commodities in some OECD countries but fell in others""""Modifications to programmes to achieve structural change""; ""More changes in the dairy sector""; ""New tax and interest concessions granted""; ""Some significant measures in response to falling farmer incomes�""; ""� and in response to emergencies""; ""New agri-environmental policies introduced""; ""Attempts to streamline the provision of support""; ""High priority to food safety issues""; ""Increase in food labelling requirements""; ""Few changes in competition policy""; ""Developments in trade policy""

""Expansion of import access""""Decrease in export subsidies""; ""Some new bilateral trade agreements""; ""3. Evaluation of policy developments""; ""Box I.1. Policy principles""; ""Box I.2. Operational criteria""; ""Box I.3. Definitions of the OECD indicators of support""; ""Overview""; ""Graph I.1. Total support estimate by country""; ""Graph I.2. Producer support estimate by country""; ""Support and protection decreased on average, �""; ""Graph I.3. Composition of producer support estimate by country, 1986-1988 and 1998-2000""; ""Graph I.4. Consumer support estimate by country""

""but with wider variations among countries, �""""Graph I.5. Producer nominal protection coefficient by country""; ""Graph I.6. Producer support estimate per farmer, 1998-2000""; ""Graph I.7. Producer support estimate per hectare, 1998-2000""; ""Graph I.8. Producer support estimate by commodity""; ""� and across commodities""; ""Graph I.9. Producer nominal protection coefficient by commodity""; ""While payments based on past entitlements and overall income increased�""; ""� area/headage payments and support for using inputs declined, �""

""� and policies increasingly address environmental concerns""""Market orientation improved, but remained very low in a number of countries""; ""Graph I.10. Producer nominal assistance coefficient by country""; ""Support for general services to agriculture remains low relative to support to producers""; ""Overall support to OECD agriculture decreased, but remained significant""; ""4. Developments in selected policy areas""; ""Food safety and related policy developments""; ""Food safety systems continue to evolve""; ""Box I.4. Key messages on food safety""

""Focus on transparency and co ordination""

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ISBN:

92-64-19303-0

OCLC:

221271857