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Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms: OECD Consensus Documents - Volumes 3 and 4

01-Dec-2010

The Volumes 3 and 4 on "Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms: OECD Consensus Documents" are now available. They compile documents issued between 2006 and 2010. These books should be of value to applicants for commercial uses of transgenic organisms (crops, trees, microorganisms), to regulators and risk assessors in national authorities, as well as the wider scientific community.

Aquaculture: workshop proceedings

30-Sep-2010

Aquaculture now provides more than 50% of the global supply of fisheries products for direct human consumption. The economic, environmental and social implications of this were discussed by policy makers and experts at this April 2010 conference.

Analysing the Composition of Producer Support: New Tools and Methods

01-Sep-2010

This report analyses the system in place to classify policy measures under the OECD Producer Support Estimate (PSE), which monitors agricultural policy developments in OECD and selected non-OECD countries.

The Benefits from Agricultural Research and Development, Innovation, and Productivity Growth

01-Sep-2010

This report, a review of the literature on the role of agricultural research and development in fostering innovation and productivity, seeks to clarify the concepts and terminology used in agriculture, as well as to provide a critical assessment of approaches found in the literature.

Competitiveness, Productivity and Efficiency in the Agricultural and Agri-Food Sectors

01-Sep-2010

This report reviews the literature on competitiveness, productivity and efficiency in the agricultural and agri-food sectors, clarifiying the concepts and terminology used in this area. It provides a critical assessment of approaches and indicators used in the literature to measure these three concepts at the sectoral and farm levels.

Demand Growth in Developing Countries

31-Aug-2010

This report looks at how growth in demand for agricultural products has evolved in developing and emerging economies, notably Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia and China (the so-called BRIIC countries).




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