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Guidance Document on Pesticide Residue Analytical Methods

10-Oct-2007

This document provides guidance on the residue analytical methods.  Analytical methods are used to generate the data for estimating dietary exposure assessments, to establish Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), and to determine processing factors.
Series on Pesticides, N° 39
[ENV/JM/MONO(2007)17]

OECD Regional Meeting on Agricultural Policy Reform, 24-26 September 2007

27-Sep-2007

Meeting organised by the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the OECD's Trade and Agriculture Directorate on 24-26 September 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.

Report of the OECD Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group Workshop "Pesticide User Compliance"

12-Jul-2007

This report presents a summary of the discussions at, and the outcomes from, the OECD workshop on Pesticide User Compliance Issues. The workshop was held in Ottawa, from 6-8 June 2006 and was hosted by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). The focus of the workshop was on issues and impediments to compliance associated with pesticide use. Such issues were addressed in the context of reducing risks to human health and the environment as well as risks to the integrity of the regulatory process.
[Series on Pesticides N° 37]
ENV/JM/MONO(2007)9

Survey of the Pesticide Risk Reduction Steering Group on Minor Uses of Pesticides

12-Jul-2007

In response to a questionnaire on minor uses fifteen countries and the European Commission responded. They include Australia, Canada, Estonia , European Commission, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Switzerland, UK, and the US.
The report is a collation of various aspects such as responsible regulatory authorities/agencies, data requirements, activities being pursued and regulatory mechanisms for approving minor uses in member countries.
[Series on Pesticides N° 38]
ENV/JM/MONO(2007)12

Conference on the Food Economy: Global Issues and Challenges

06-Jul-2007

On 18-19 October 2007 the OECD Directorate of Trade and Agriculture, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Dutch Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI - Wageningen UR) organise the 2nd Conference on the policy and research agenda of the future food supply chain, in The Hague, The Netherlands

Growing bio-fuel demand underpinning higher agriculture prices, says joint OECD-FAO report

04-Jul-2007

Increased demand for bio-fuels is causing fundamental changes to agricultural markets that could drive up world prices for many farm products, according to a new report published by the OECD and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Adjustment options and strategies in the face of agricultural policy reform and trade liberalisation

27-Jun-2007

Reforming agricultural policies by reducing distorting support  improves economic efficiency as a whole through a better allocation of resources. This implies that adjustment may have adverse effects on some agricultural households and other people engaged in the sector, in particular in the short term. There may also be negative impacts on upstream and downstream sectors and on regional economies that rely on commodities whose prices and production levels fall with reductions in support and protection.

The Role of Compensation in Policy Reform

27-Jun-2007

Governments reform policies in order to improve their efficiency and respond to changing social priorities. Reform is resisted when concerns exist about those who may lose out in the process, or when other policy goals are negatively impacted. Compensation can remove barriers to reform by addressing this resistance.

Linkages between foreign direct investment, trade and trade policy - An economic analysis with application to the food sector in OECD countries and case studies in Ghana, Mozambique, Tunisia and Uganda

24-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 50.  Through empirical analysis and case studies, this document explores the relationships amongst foreign direct investment, trade and trade-related policies in OECD and four African countries.

Farm support low in major emerging markets but protectionist pressure rising - OECD report

15-Mar-2007

Government support to agriculture is far lower in the major emerging economies than on average in the developed countries of the OECD. But it is nevertheless rising as pressure mounts to protect farmers in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, says a new OECD report.




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