Monitoring Farm Support and Evaluating Policy

OECD monitors and evaluates agricultural policy changes in its member countries and a broad range of non-member countries. To do this, one of the main tools is measurement of support and protection levels, done annually using internationally recognised indicators. We also advise governments on how to move to a new paradigm in which policy instruments are targeted and tailored to specific objectives, equitable and minimally production and trade distorting.

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European Union CAP reforms: impacts for farms, sectors and regions

21-Feb-2011

How have Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms affected farms, sectors and regions in the European Union? This collection of papers looks at recent reforms, featuring the single payment scheme, quotas and restructuring in the sugar and dairy sectors, the environment and the direct payment scheme.

Evolution of Agricultural Support in Real Terms in OECD Countries and Emerging Economies

05-Feb-2011

This report* analyses the evolution of prices, farm receipts and support to agricultural producers in real terms in OECD countries and other economies. It sets out specific purchasing power parities for a range of commodities to compare developments in output volume and prices at aggregate level. (*OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Paper no. 37)

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Monitoring and Evaluation 2011