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Better policies for better lives: The OECD at 50 and beyond

03-May-2011

The OECD’s 50th Anniversary is an opportunity to reaffirm what we stand for and what we are about. After 50 years, our objective is and remains to help member and partner country’s governments to formulate and implement better policies for better lives.

FOOD: The trillion dollar grocery bill: what’s making global food prices so volatile?

19-Nov-2010

Patrick Love

Unpredictability is one of the reasons food commodity prices have been so volatile over the past year. With prices on the rise the global bill for food imports will top a trillion dollars, a level not ...

OECD Programme on Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

31-Mar-2010

Free brochure on OECD work in food, agriculture and fisheries

Réponses des pays membres de l’OCDE, questionnaire, gestion des ressources en eau dans l’agriculture

09-Mar-2010

Réponses des pays membres de l’OCDE à un questionnaire sur la gestion des ressources en eau dans l’agriculture

OECD Country questionnaire, Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture

09-Mar-2010

Country questionnaire for the OECD publication Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture

Agriculture more resilient to global crisis than other sectors, says OECD and FAO

17-Jun-2009

Because food is a basic necessity, the agriculture sector is showing more resilience to the global economic crisis than other industries, according to a new report by the OECD and UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.

The next food crisis – Is it unavoidable?

30-Jan-2009

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

Since September, the global economic downturn has grabbed public and government attention but the food crisis has not disappeared with the recession and falling commodity prices and remains a priority, according to Mr. Gurría.

Forum on the future of African agriculture: press conference in Rome, Monday 12 November 2007

05-Nov-2007

How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised ...

Podcast: Agricultural policies in Ukraine

15-Mar-2007

Andrzej Kwiecinski, an OECD contributor to a new report on Agricultural Policies in non-member countries, talks about the challenges facing agriculture in Ukraine and China.

Success for Doha trade talks still possible, say OECD, WTO experts at Buenos Aires meeting

11-Oct-2006

A successful outcome from the currently suspended Doha Development Round of WTO trade negotiations is still possible, according to experts meeting in Buenos Aires on 10 -11 October 2006, but agriculture remains a key issue of difficulty.

Food commodity data & forecasts

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook