Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries to be released 26 June 2008 – news briefing 11.00 a.m.

20/06/2008 - How are rising food prices affecting government support to farmers?  How is agriculture policy changing?  These are among the issues addressed in Agricultural Polices in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation to be be released on 26 June 2008.

A news briefing on the report’s findings will take place at 11.00 a.m the same day at OECD’s headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal, Paris 75016. It will be presented by Carmel Cahill, head of OECD’s agriculture policies and trade division and Olga Melyukhina, agriculture policy analyst at OECD.

To register for the briefing or to obtain a summary version of OECD Agricultural Policies: Monitoring and Evaluation 2008, under embargo until 11.00 a.m. (Paris time) on Thursday 26 June 2008, journalists are invited to contact Luisa Constanza in the OECD's media division (tel: + 33 1 45 24 97 00). The embargo copy will be sent on Wednesday 25th upon request only.