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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.

Agriculture and the environment: lessons learned from a decade of OECD work

15-Nov-2004

This report provides a concise summary of the main lessons learned from a decade (1993-2003) of work on agriculture and environmental policy issues in the OECD, and identifies the main emerging issues and challenges in order to assist policy makers...

Agriculture, trade and the environment: the dairy sector

11-Oct-2004

Agricultural policies affect agricultural production with consequences for the environment. What are the impacts and how might they be affected by further agricultural policy reform? What are governments doing to improve the environmental ...

Biomass and agriculture: sustainability, markets and policies - website

06-Sep-2004

Proceedings from an OECD workshop, Vienna, Austria, 10-13 June, 2003. The workshop papers analyse the socio-economic, environmental and policy impacts of biomass from agriculture, focusing on bioenergy/materials.

Agriculture, trade and the environment: the pig sector

30-Jul-2004

Trade liberalisation affects the pattern and structure of agricultural production, with consequences for the environment. But what are these impacts? And do agri-environmental policies affect international competitiveness? This study takes an...

Agri-environmental policy measures: overview of developments

16-Jun-2004

(pdf, 168Kb)  The objective of this paper is to highlight developments in the use of agri-environmental policy measures in OECD countries, including both similarities and differences in the approaches adopted.

Organic agriculture: sustainability, markets and policies

23-Oct-2003

Proceedings from an OECD Workshop, Washington DC, United States, September 2002. Many countries have introduced policy measures to encourage and promote organic farming. But what exactly is the contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable development?




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