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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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