OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook

Farm commodity prices have fallen from their record peaks of 2008 but are unlikely to drop back to their average levels of the past decade, according to OECD-FAO agricultural market projections for production, consumption, trade, stocks and prices of featured commodities.

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook Database

Agricultural commodity data including supply and use balances, domestic and international prices, and key macro-economic variables and population. The database includes historical data back to 1970 and projections to 2019.

Bioheat, Biopower and Biogas: Developments and Implications for Agriculture

In developing a stronger focus on agricultural biomass crops, governments will have to design support policies so as to avoid compromising the ability of the agricultural sector to provide food and feed in a sustainable manner, this study finds.

Food and agriculture policies for a sustainable future

In his opening remarks at the agriculture ministerial meeting, Angel Gurría said that the main challenge is to define what policy makers can do to create a competitive agro-food sector capable of feeding a growing world and conserving natural resources for future generations.

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OECD Agriculture Ministerial Meeting

Statements, position papers and a video of the press conference from the meeting of OECD agriculture ministers in Paris on 25-26 February 2010.

Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction

The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. This paper examines the role of the agricultural sector and looks at 25 developing countries who have posted extraordinary success in reducing extreme poverty.

Clarifying Trade Costs: Maritime Transport and its Effect on Agricultural Trade

Maritime transport costs have a significant impact on the trade in agricultural goods, representing on average 10% of the imported value of agricultural products. A doubling of shipping costs is linked to an average drop of 42% in agricultural trade, says this paper.

A Cost-Benefit Framework for the Assessment of Non-Tariff Measures in Agro-Food Trade

This report develops a conceptual framework for the assessment of costs and benefits associated with non-tariff measures in agro-food trade that allows an evidence-based comparative assessment of alternative regulatory approaches.

The trade and trade policy implications of different policy responses to societal concerns

Societal concerns relating to agriculture play an important role in the development of national policies, with implications for trade and international relations. This study looks at how these concerns are addressed both at national level and in the context of WTO provisions.

Development Dimensions of High Food Prices

Many developing countries took measures in the face of high international agricultural commodity prices from 2006 to 2008, while an international response focused on emergency relief and renewed investment in agricultural development. This paper examines these two approaches.