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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.

Agricultural Support, Farm Land Values and Sectoral Adjustment: The Implications for Policy Reform

14-May-2008

Governments intervene in the agricultural sector through policies that both support and shape agricultural production. This leads to two important outcomes. First, agriculture specific programmes intended to increase the welfare of farmers can become capitalised into asset values. Second, many policies, in particular regulatory ones, reduce asset mobility, resulting in reduced economic efficiency due a sub-optimal allocation of resources.

Revision of OECD Monograph Guidance Document (Rev 3)

29-Apr-2008

Section 4.1.1 of the OECD Monograph Guidance Document has been revised to include text which specifies that Regulatory Authorities should not use the contents of a Monograph from another country as a basis for their regulatory decisions unless the data package upon which a particular Monograph was based has been provided to the Authority, or the owner of the data has granted permission for use of the summary evaluation in a Monograph in lieu of the data.

Seeds - Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008

The Draft Agenda and some related documents for the 2008 OECD Seed Schemes Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, USA, 1-2 July 2008, are currently available on the Seed Schemes site.

Tractors - Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008


The Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting for the OECD Tractor Codes (held in Paris, 26-27 February 2008) is now available on the Tractors site.

Revised Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the OECD Forest Scheme

28-Apr-2008

The Annual Meeting will now be held at the OECD Headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal 75016 Paris - France, on Monday afternoon 15 September and Tuesday 16 September 2008.

Agricultural Policy Design and Implementation: A Synthesis

18-Apr-2008

Are current agricultural policies based on measurable objectives? Is the current policy set adequately addressing stated objectives? What could an improved agricultural policy set look like and how to get onto a reform trajectory?
These are some of the questions addressed in this publication. It draws on several projects that were undertaken in recent years under the auspices of the OECD and summarizes practical recommendations concerning the pathway to agricultural policy reform.

OECD environmental indicators for agriculture - volume 4 (restricted access)

15-Apr-2008

This report will be published by OECD in May 2008, and will mainly cover OECD agri-environmental trends over the past 10 years in terms of environmental themes and the performance for each OECD country.


Events

OECD workshop on agriculture and water: sustainability, markets and policies

The main objective of the Workshop, held in Adelaide, Australia, 14-18 November 2005, was to review current and future policy options, market and voluntary approaches to address water resource use and water quality issues in agriculture.

Agriculture and land conservation: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, May, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of land conservation indicators for policy purposes.

The OECD Technical Expert Meeting on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies

from 03-Nov-2003 to 04-Nov-2003

This meeting was held in Paris on 3-4 November 2003 and was a follow-up to the previous Workshop on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies held on 7-8 November 2002. The meeting gathered experts to address the issues of reforming environmentally harmful subsidies in the agriculture, fisheries, water, transport and energy sectors, particularly the question of obstacles to subsidy reform.

Workshop on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Activities

from 19-Apr-2004 to 20-Apr-2004

The OECD's Committee for Fisheries has hosted a workshop on IUU fishing activities on 19-20 April 2004. 

Soil organic carbon and agriculture: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, October, 2002. The Meeting papers discuss the development of indicators that track the state and trends in agriculture's soil organic carbon.

Agricultural impacts on soil erosion and soil biodiversity: developing indicators for policy analysis

Proceedings from an OECD Expert Meeting, Rome, Italy, March, 2003. The Meeting papers discuss the development of soil erosion and soil biodiversity indicators for policy purposes. 



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