The Environmental Effects of Reforming Agricultural Policies [electronic resource] / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Maier, Leo, 1958-

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment.

Agriculture and Food.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects--OECD countries.

Agriculture.

Agriculture and state--OECD countries.

Agriculture and state.

Environmental policy--OECD countries.

Environmental policy.

Local Subjects:

Environment.

Agriculture and Food.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 p. ) ill..

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

OECD countries have started to reform their agricultural policies in the last decade. Many countries have also implemented agri-environmental measures that are directly aimed at improving the environment. What are the changes in land use, farming practices and input use resulting from these reforms? What have been the effects on the environment: soils, water, air, biodiversity, wildlife habitat and landscape? How have regional and local conditions influenced the environmental outcomes? To what extent have agri-environmental measures contributed to achieving sustainable agriculture? And how could such measures be made more effective and cost-efficient? Through examining concrete policy experiences from OECD countries, this study concludes that agricultural policy reforms can improve the environment, provided they are accompanied by appropriate environmental measures.

Contents:

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION

Main Issues

Agricultural Policies in Perspective

The Linkages Between Agricultural Policies and the Environment

THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES

Reductions in the General Level of Support

Reductions in tariffs and other barriers to trade

Supply controls .

Reductions in support to inputs, and taxes on inputs

Re-instrumentations of Support

Shifts from market price support to direct payments

Reorientation of budgetary-financed general services

Other reforms

Changes in the distribution of support

Concluding Remarks

DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORM

Effects on Production, Farming Practices and Input Use

Changes in the volume, composition and location of output

Changes in land use

Changes in farming practices and input use

Effects on the Environment

Effects on soils

Effects on biodiversity, wildlife habitat and landscape

Effects on water resources

Effects on odour and air quality

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF POLICY REFORM

Environmental Effects Related to Trade Expansion

Shifts in the location of production

Increases in freight traffic

Higher risk of pests and diseases

Effects on income and the demand for environmental protection

Cross-Border and Global Effects

Cross-border effects

Global environmental effects

Bibliography

Annex

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-02962-5

9786610029624

92-64-16244-5

OCLC:

652235143