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Agricultural Policy and Trade Reform: Potential Effects at Global, National and Household Levels

14-Jun-2006

A just released report shows that a simultaneous reform involving a halving of trade protection and domestic support across all sectors could potentially generate USD 44 billion in welfare gains globally. Most of these gains arise from agricultural reform and most of these agricultural gains come from reform of market access measures.

The Challenge of Decoupling Agricultural Support

11-May-2006

Decoupling agricultural support means reforming agricultural policies so that they reduce their interference with production decisions.

Trade, agriculture and development: policies working together

25-Apr-2006

Why is policy coherence for development important to policy makers, producers and the rural poor? How does it affect global agricultural trade? Can greater policy coherence help reduce poverty reduction and alleviate hunger?

OECD review of agricultural policies - South Africa

20-Apr-2006

Agricultural reform has made a major contribution to the social and economic changes in South Africa over the past decade. But what are the challenges facing the government as it attempts to broaden participation of black farmers in commercial agriculture and boost the sector’s competitiveness ?

Fiscalté et sécurité sociale : le secteur agricole

07-Feb-2006

Cette étude dresse un panorama du mode de traitement des exploitants agricoles aussi bien au sein des systèmes fiscaux et que dans les systèmes de sécurité sociale dans un grand nombre de pays de l’OCDE.

Taxation and Social Security in Agriculture

06-Feb-2006

This study catalogues the treatment of farmers within the tax and social security systems of a large number of OECD countries.

Multifunctionality in Agriculture: What Role for Private Initiatives?

03-Feb-2006

This report sheds light on potential alternative non-government solutions to resolving problems created by agriculture practices. The approaches analysed include market mechanisms, the promotion of private transactions, and voluntary approaches.

Subsidies are Pervasive Throughout OECD Countries and Worldwide

24-Aug-2005

Every year, OECD countries transfer at least USD 400 billion to different economic sectors. Much of this support is potentially environmentally harmful.
Reforming environmentally harmful subsidies is a significant policy challenge facing OECD countries. However, untangling and assessing the effects of subsidies on the environment is a complex task. A systematic approach is required to ensure that appropriate policies are developed and the benefits of reform fully realised.

An analysis of dairy policy reform and trade liberalisation

16-Feb-2005

In the context of OECD work on policy reform for commodities that receive very high support and protection, assessments are provided of the market, trade and welfare impacts of milk quota systems and of international dairy trade liberalisation.

OECD Studies on Agriculture Reforms, Policies and Outlook

07-Jun-2004

The OECD studies on the European Union Common Agricultural Policy reforms, assessment of farm policies in OECD countries, and forecasts for world prices, demand and output.




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