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22-Nov-2006
Mexico’s recent agricultural reforms have made policies fairer and reduced market distortions, according to a new OECD report. But it warns that some initiatives are heading in the wrong direction. The Target Income programme to provide support to farmers is ineffective at relieving rural poverty while energy subsidies lead to over-exploitation of natural resources.
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06-Nov-2006
China has the world's largest population but very limited supplies of water. This conference proceedings examines how China can best used its limited water resources in agriculture.
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23-Oct-2006
This brochure provides an overview of the OECD’s activities in each of these areas: The African Peer Review Mechanism; Peer learning and policy dialogue in support of reform; Aid policies and aid effectiveness; The monitoring of development trends and progress.
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25-Jul-2006
The Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members (CCNM - www.oecd.org/ccnm) develops and oversees the strategic orientations of the OECD’s global relations with non-members
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21-Jun-2006
Government support to farmers in OECD countries totalled € 225 billion in 2005, representing 29% of farm receipts. The proportion is unchanged from the previous year and only marginally lower than the 30% reported in 2003, according to a new OECD study.
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19-Jun-2006
At a time when agriculture is no longer the dominant sector in rural economies in OECD countries, this study examines the advantages of developing coherence between agricultural and rural development policies.
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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.
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11-May-2006
Decoupling agricultural support means reforming agricultural policies so that they reduce their interference with production decisions.
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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?
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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 ?
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