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Agricultural policy changes in the OECD’s thirty 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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05-Oct-2009
The sources of risk in agriculture are numerous and diverse, as are the available strategies and policies. The OECD has recently released the first in a series of studies which defines a holistic approach to risk management in agriculture. This approach is used to examine how governments can develop efficient policies that help farmers to develop their own business strategies.
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06-Jul-2009
OECD governments provided 265 billion US dollars in support to farmers last year, says a new OECD report. This represented 21 % of total farm receipts, down from 22% in 2007 and 26% in 2006. The falls were due mainly to the rise in agricultural commodity prices, rather than to policy decisions. With higher world prices, lower levels of support were needed to prop up domestic prices.
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03-Jul-2009
The role of farm households in the rural economy of OECD countries is complex and multi-faceted. While on average the share of agriculture in rural employment and GDP is low and decreasing, agriculture is a large land user and plays an important role in many of the environmental and other land use issues that arise in rural areas.
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19-May-2009
Improving competitiveness is essential to the future prosperity of Japan’s agricultural sector, according to a new OECD report. Recent attempts to focus support on the more efficient farmers can help, but progress will be limited as long as the sector is protected from competition.
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17-Mar-2009
As the global economic slowdown threatens to increase food insecurity among the world’s poor, a new OECD report calls on the major emerging economies to ensure their agricultural policies are focussed on long-term sustainability rather than short-term fixes.
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