News & Events

Environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990

16-Jun-2008

This is the fourth volume of the OECD series Environmental Indicators for Agriculture.

Multifunctionality in Agriculture: Evaluating the degree of jointness, policy implications

02-Jun-2008

These proceedings examine the nature and strength of jointness between agricultural commodity production and non-commodity outputs from the perspective of three areas important to the agricultural sector: rural development, environmental externalities and food secur

Agricultural Support, Farm Land Values and Sectoral Adjustment: The Implications for Policy Reform

14-May-2008

Governments intervene in the agricultural sector through policies that both support and shape agricultural production. This leads to two important outcomes. First, agriculture specific programmes intended to increase the welfare of farmers can become capitalised into asset values. Second, many policies, in particular regulatory ones, reduce asset mobility, resulting in reduced economic efficiency due a sub-optimal allocation of resources.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part I: Survey results

28-Apr-2008

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

Seeds - Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008

The Draft Agenda and some related documents for the 2008 OECD Seed Schemes Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, USA, 1-2 July 2008, are currently available on the Seed Schemes site.

Tractors - Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008

The Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting for the OECD Tractor Codes (held in Paris, 26-27 February 2008) is now available on the Tractors site.

Revised Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the OECD Forest Scheme

28-Apr-2008

The Annual Meeting will now be held at the OECD Headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal 75016 Paris - France, on Monday afternoon 15 September and Tuesday 16 September 2008.

Talks on Latin American agricultural trade liberalisation aim to renew Doha Round impetus - Press conference in Buenos Aires 11 October 2006

on 11-Oct-2006

An attempt to bridge some of the divisions that led to the breakdown of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations earlier this year has been made in Buenos Aires on 10 and 11 October 2006, at an international conference on agriculture policies organised by the OECD, World Trade Organisation and Inter-American Development Bank  A press conference held at 12:30 on Wednesday 11 October at the venue of the meeting

Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice, Doha

from 06-Nov-2006 to 07-Nov-2006

The aim of this Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.

Trade policy dialogue on the multiple dimensions of market access and development, Mexico

from 23-Oct-2006 to 24-Oct-2006

The OECD Trade Directorate has organised a Global Forum on Trade in partnership with the World Bank, and with the support of the Government of Mexico. This Forum considered market access across various development dimensions including global (MFN) liberalisation, North-South trade and South-South trade, trade in services, and regional trade liberalisation (as a complement to multilateral liberalisation). Click here for the full report of the Forum.

The Doha Development Round of trade negotiations: understanding the issues

Multilateral trade negotiations have momentarily stalled, but it is important to keep sight of the benefits of further opening up markets in agriculture, industrial and consumer goods, and services. OECD data and analysis shed light on the issues.

Expert Meeting on the Human Side of Fisheries Adjustment

on 19-Oct-2006

The Committee for Fisheries has hosted an expert meeting on the social issues and policy challenges that arise as a result of fisheries adjustment policies, and how OECD member countries are meeting those challenges.

10th February 2006: OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition

on 10-Feb-2006

The OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition was held in Paris on 10th February 2006. This one-day event addressed developing country concerns about trade and competition. Participantsdiscussed, among other things, case studies on competition, competitiveness and development as well as research on competition provisions in regional trade agreements and their implementation.

Workshop on Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries

from 24-Apr-2006 to 25-Apr-2006

The Committee for Fisheries (COFI) and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) have jointly hosted a Workshop on Policy Coherence for Development in Fisheries which took place in Paris.

Fifth Informal Consultation between the Trade Comittee and Civil Society Organisations

on 20-Oct-2003

The fifth informal consultation with civil society organisations took place on 20 October 2003.

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.