Agri-Environmental Indicators and Policies

Farm management indicators and the environment

Proceedings of an OECD Expert Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, March, 2004. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the impact of different farm management practices on the environment.

Agriculture and biodiversity: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, November, 2001. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the state and trends in agriculture's impact on biodiversity.

OECD workshop on agriculture and water: sustainability, markets and policies

The main objective of the Workshop, held in Adelaide, Australia, 14-18 November 2005, was to review current and future policy options, market and voluntary approaches to address water resource use and water quality issues in agriculture.

Agriculture and land conservation: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, May, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of land conservation indicators for policy purposes.

The OECD Technical Expert Meeting on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies

from 03-Nov-2003 to 04-Nov-2003

This meeting was held in Paris on 3-4 November 2003 and was a follow-up to the previous Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies held on 7-8 November 2002. The meeting gathered experts to address the issues of reforming environmentally harmful subsidies in the agriculture, fisheries, water, transport and energy sectors, particularly the question of obstacles to subsidy reform.

Agricultural water quality and water use: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Gyeongju, Korea, October, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of agricultural water quality and water use indicators for policy purposes.

Agricultural impacts on landscapes: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Oslo, Norway, October 2002. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the state and trends in agricultural landscapes.

Soil organic carbon and agriculture: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2002. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the state and trends in agriculture's soil organic carbon.

Agricultural impacts on soil erosion and soil biodiversity: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Rome, Italy, March, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of soil erosion and soil biodiversity indicators for policy purposes. 

The OECD Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (7-8 November 2002)

from 07-Nov-2002 to 08-Nov-2002

is part of the OECD activity on Sustainable Development and seeks to identify those subsidies potentially environmentally harmful. It responds to the 2001 Ministerial mandate to the OECD to identify how obstacles to policy reforms can be overcome through reducing environmentally harmful subsidies.

Environmental issues in agriculture

Inventory of policy measures by country