Call for Applications for 2010

24-Apr-2009

The Co-operative Research Programme's Call for Applications for Fellowship Awards and Conference Sponsorship for 2010/2011 has closed.

Results of the 2009 Call for Applications

13-Mar-2009

Click here to see the results of the 2009 Call for Applications for fellowship award and conference sponsorship by the Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems.

Challenges for Agricultural Research

18-Feb-2009

Co-operative Research Programme conference on Challenges for Agricultural Research

For more information, including the Programme and links to the Presentations, click here

6-8 April 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

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.

Inventory of policy measures addressing environmental issues in agriculture

15-Apr-2008

For a selected country you have direct access to the following documents:
- Contextual information,
- Inventory: WORD document with the description of all the measures included in the inventory,
- Tables: Information on payments and other information linked with the policies included in the inventory.
Access to the inventory is also available through a search database (search by country, by type of measure and by environmental objective), which is currently under reconstruction and will be available again by the end of 2009.

Farm support undermining sustainable use of water, says new OECD report

31-Oct-2006

Agriculture, as the main user of water in OECD countries, can also help maintain ecosystems. But government policies to support farm production often discourage the efficient use of water and aggravate pollution. The problem is identified in a new OECD publication on Water and Agriculture: Sustainability, Markets and Policies, a collection of expert papers on how to improve water management in the farming sector.

Coherence of agricultural and rural development policies

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.

Agriculture, trade and the environment: the arable crop sector

15-Sep-2005

Agricultural support policies affect the pattern and structure of agricultural production, with consequences for the environment. But what are these impacts and how might they be affected by further agricultural policy reform and trade ...

Evaluating agri-environmental policies: design, practice and results

15-Sep-2005

This workshop proceedings examines evaluation of agri-environmental policies to see how effective policies have been and what policy makers have learned.