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Report of the Joint OECD Pesticide RRSG/EC-HAIR Seminar on Environmental Indicators for Pesticide Risk

03-Jul-2008

This report presents the results of a joint OECD/EC seminar on the development of harmonised  environmental indicators for pesticide risk. The seminar was held on 13 November 2006 in Bonn (Germany). The aims of this seminar were to:  present the indicators developed in the framework of the EC-funded HAIR project (Harmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk), discuss issues related to further developments, and consider ways of broadening the use of these indicators across OECD Member countries.

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

ICGB Newsletter No. 19 Published

19-May-2008

A new issue of the OECD Biotechnology Update has been published. This newsletter provides up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology.

ICGB Newsletter No. 19

19-May-2008

A new issue of the OECD Biotechnology Update has been published. This newsletter provides up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology.


Events

Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries to be released 26 June 2008 – news briefing 11.00 a.m.

on 26-Jun-2008

How are rising food prices affecting government support to farmers?  How is agriculture policy changing?  These are among the issues addressed in Agricultural Polices in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation to be be released on 26 June 2008.

Forum on the future of African agriculture: press conference in Rome, Monday 12 November 2007

from 12-Nov-2007 to 13-Nov-2007

How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised by the OECD, the World Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 12-13 November 2007.

Agri-Environmental Indicators Workshop

The main objective of the Workshop, held in Washington D.C., 19-21 March 2007, was to get a good idea as to which indicators and elements in the agri-environmental policy inventory are valued and used by policy makers, and to chart out a practical way forward to implement in a concrete way this work area in the OECD so that it is relevant to Member countries. 

Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation

from 16-Apr-2007 to 17-Apr-2007

The OECD Fisheries Policies Division and the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department have jointly hosted a Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation. The Workshop has taken place at the OECD in Paris.

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

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.

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.

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.

Agriculture and biodiversity: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland, November, 2001. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the state and trends in agriculture's impact on biodiversity.



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