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| Submission |
| ID |
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61723 |
| Submitting Entity |
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OECD |
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| Main Information |
| Title |
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OECD 2009: Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries - Monitoring and Evaluation |
| Description |
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This report is provides an overview of agricultural support in the OECD area, complemented by individual chapters on agricultural policy developments in all OECD countries. This edition finds that overall support to farmers in OECD countries has been declining. It shows that the decline has largely been due to a narrowing of the gap between domestic and world agricultural commodity prices.
The report also focuses on the impacts of the current financial and economic crisis on agriculture, and the policy responses. Agriculture is expected to fare better than many other sectors. It has a relatively smaller financial exposure, demand is less sensitive to income falls, and the existing set of support policies in many countries can dampen the impact of the crisis. Governments are facing tighter fiscal conditions, which is likely to prompt further review of support policies, including for agriculture.
The 2008 United States Farm Act, the Health Check of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and the new Growing Forward policy framework in Canada are also reviewed in the report. A special feature in the report focuses on agri-environmental policies in OECD countries. |
| Web Link |
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/doc/case-studies/inc/cs-inc-oecd-agriculturalpolicies2009-en.pdf |
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| Additional Information |
| Ecosystems |
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Agricultural Biodiversity |
| Regions |
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Western Europe and Others
Latin America and the Caribbean
Central and Eastern Europe |
| Incentive Measures |
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Reform of Perverse Incentives
Positive Incentives (subsidies, tax breaks, ...) |
| Keywords |
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Environmental monitoring
Agriculture
Environmental incentives
Environmental economics
Environmental subsidies |
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