OECD Global Forum on Agriculture
OECD Global Forum on Agriculture 2022: Enhancing Agriculture and Food Systems’ Contribution to Climate Mitigation
6 October 2022
Agriculture faces a complex and unique challenge in the context of climate change. One the one hand, it is particularly vulnerable due to its dependence on weather and climatic conditions. On the other hand, it is a major source of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, both directly (through on-farm emissions linked to production) and indirectly (through land use change due to agricultural expansion). Overall, agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) represents around one-fifth (22%) of global anthropogenic GHG emissions.
There are ample opportunities for agriculture to reduce both direct and indirect emissions, and to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, through carbon sequestration in biomass and soils. Some options could be achieved through practices that raise productivity, which would help to agriculture to mitigate climate change and maintain food security and nutrition for consumers, and livelihoods for producers. Despite this potential, agriculture lags behind other sectors in terms of climate change commitments and actions. By mid-2022, only 16 countries of OECD and key major emerging economies had set emissions reduction targets specific to the agricultural sector.
The GFA provides the opportunity to build a shared understanding among countries and experts about the policies needed for the agriculture sector to substantially ramp up its contribution to global climate stabilisation commitments. Policy makers and other stakeholders will be invited to exchange views and experiences from various contexts to identify scalable solutions, in the lead up to the OECD Agriculture Ministers meeting being held 3-4 November 2022, the week before the COP27.
Global Forums on Agriculture
The OECD Global Forums on Agriculture foster an informed dialogue between OECD member and non-member economies on agricultural policies issues. This dialogue is based on regular monitoring and analysis to evaluate and strengthen the process of policy reform and trade liberalisation through forward-looking analysis, and addresses emerging agricultural policy issues.
Previous Global Forums on Agriculture
- 2021 - Policies for a more resilient agro-food sector
- 2020 - Cancelled
- 2019 - Policy Priorities for the Global Food System
- 2018 - Digital Technologies in Food and Agriculture
- 2017 - Building Food Security and Managing Risk A Focus on South East Asia
- 2016 - Integrating Global Goals for Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Trade
- 2014 - Issues in Agricultural Trade Policy
- 2013 - Shared Approaches to Measuring the Agricultural Policy Environment
- 2012 - Policy Coherence for Food Security in Developing Countries
- 2011 - Improving Agricultural Market Information and Analysis for Better Policy Decisions and Enhanced Food Security
- 2010 - Policies for Agricultural Development, Poverty Reduction and Food Security
- 2009 - Agricultural Outlook Preparing for the Future
- 2008 - Agricultural Policies in Emerging Economies
- 2007 - Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa
- 2006 - Policy Developments in Non-Member Economies
- 2006 - Constraints to Development of Sub-Saharan Agriculture
- 2005 - Policy Coherence for Development
- 2004 - Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries
Agriculture and fisheries events
All agriculture and fisheries events organised by the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD and the related documents are available online.
Agriculture and fisheries publications
All of our food, agriculture and fisheries research and analysis is available to read online for free on the OECD iLibrary.
Sign up for our newsletter
Sign-up to our agriculture newsletter to receive periodic e-mail updates on new publications, videos and analysis.
Contact us with your questions
If you have questions about OECD research and analysis on agriculture, please feel free to contact us directly.