Monitoring Farm Support and Evaluating Policy

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Agricultural policy changes in the OECD’s 30 member countries, and in a broad range of non-member countries are evaluated. Measurement of support and protection levels, done annually using internationally recognised indicators, is one of the main tools. Practical advice is offered to governments on how to move to a new policy paradigm in which policy instruments are targeted and tailored to specific objectives, equitable and minimally production and trade distorting.

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Agricultural Progress in Cameroon, Ghana and Mali: Why it Happened and How to Sustain it

23-Jul-2008

This report evaluates  long-term trends in food production and rural poverty in Cameroon, Ghana and Mali highlighting dramatic improvements that began in the late 1980s and early 1990s and that have continued through to present days. The analysis considers the possible role of domestic and international agricultural policies in contributing to the turnaround, draws some tentative conclusions about cause and effect and suggests ways in which agricultural growth might be sustained.

OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Chile

17-Mar-2008

This Review of Agricultural Policies: Chile measures the level and composition of support provided to Chilean agriculture, evaluates the effectiveness of current measures in attaining their objectives, and suggests ways in which the performance of policies might be enhanced.

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