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Are current agricultural policies based on measurable objectives? Is the current policy set adequately addressing stated objectives? What could an improved agricultural policy set look like and how to get onto a reform trajectory?
These are some of the questions addressed in this booklet. It draws on several projects that were undertaken in recent years under the auspices of the OECD Committee for Agriculture and summarizes practical recommendations concerning the pathway to agricultural policy reform. It presents operational characteristics of the policy set that would best achieve domestic policy objectives while minimising distortions and spillovers in international trade.
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Table of Contents
The Positive Agenda for Policy Reform
The Policy Cycle
What are the Policy Objectives?
Do Current Policies Meet Objectives?
What are the Characteristics of a New Policy Set?
How to Implement New Policies?
How to Monitor and Evaluate?
Conclusions: What Have We Learned About How to Implement the Positive Reform Agenda?
References
Boxes
Box 1. The OECD definition of decoupling
Box 2. Cross-compliance in the European Union
Box 3. Direct targeting: “Exceptional circumstances” income support in Australia
Box 4. Heterogeneity and tailored instruments: less favoured area payments in Austria
Box 5. Contracts for Environmental Stewardship in England
Box 6. Auctions to retrieve information: the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in the United States
Box 7. Tourist train in Norway
Further Reading
OECD (2002), Agricultural Policies in OECD countries. A Positive Reform Agenda.
OECD (2006), Decoupling. Policy Implications.
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