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  • Agricultural Policies in OECD Countriesby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 58.00

    The agricultural sector in many OECD countries continues to be characterised by high levels of support and protection. Support to agricultural producers accounted for 32% of total farm receipts -- a slight increase from 2002, but down from 37% from the late 1980s. more...

  • Between the Local and the Global, Volume 12by Jonathan Murdoch

    Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006; US$ 99.95

    A critical look at the agri-food sector more...

  • Agricultural Standardsby Jim Bingen; Lawrence Busch

    Springer 2006; US$ 189.00

    A collection of studies of agri-food standards in the modern economy, this work addresses these and helps to define the scope of the emerging study of the politics of standards setting. It contains an overview essay dealing with the multiple ways of thinking about, approaching and defining food and agricultural standards. more...

  • Agricultural Policies in OECD Countriesby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 56.00

    Support to farmers in OECD countries accounted for 29% of farm receipts in 2005. The current level of support is the same as almost a decade ago and varies widely across countries. Today, although governments are gradually moving away from providing support through the most production and trade distorting measures, these measures remain dominant. Greater efforts are needed to better target policies towards clearly defined income and environmental objectives. This book is a unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture. It provides the most comprehensive description and evaluation of agricultural support developments in OECD member countries and a summary of agricultural policy developments in Brazil, China and South Africa.... more...

  • Agricultural Policy and Trade Reformby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 42.00

    Governments of most developed and many developing countries impose tariffs on imports in order to boost domestic market prices of agricultural commodities. In some OECD countries governments may top up the financial benefits of this market price support through other means, such as direct budgetary payments, favourable tax treatment, and subsidised credit. These interventions typically lead to lower world market prices and farm incomes in countries where governments offer farmers little in the way of agricultural trade protection and support. Widespread agricultural policy reform would undoubtedly improve global economic welfare but would also produce a complex pattern of economic winners and losers. Using a combination of global, national... more...

  • Agricultural Support, Farm Land Values and Sectoral Adjustmentby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 33.00

    Governments intervene in the agricultural sector through policies that both support and shape agricultural production. This leads to two important outcomes. First, agriculture specific programmes intended to increase the welfare of farmers can become capitalised into asset values. Second, many policies, in particular regulatory ones, reduce asset mobility, resulting in reduced economic efficiency due a sub-optimal allocation of resources. This study focuses on the capitalisation of government support into land rents and prices. It assesses the consequences of inflated asset values, and suggests lessons for future policy making. more...

  • Agricultural Policies in OECD Countriesby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 91.00

    This book is a unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture. Separate chapters describe and evaluate agricultural policies  in each OECD country, including such important developments as the introduction of the single-payment scheme in the EU. This edition also includes a special chapter describing the revised method of estimating support to agriculture used for the first time in this report. more...

  • Agricultural Policies in OECD Countriesby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 33.00

    This book is a unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture. Separate chapters describe and evaluate agricultural policies  in each OECD country, including such important developments as the introduction of the single-payment scheme in the EU. This edition also includes a special chapter describing the revised method of estimating support to agriculture used for the first time in this report. As always, it includes extensive statistical data on support to agriculture broken down by type of support and commodity, as well as Statlinks , URLs linking to Excel® spreadsheet versions of tables and graphs. more...

  • OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2008-2017by OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 112.00

    This 2008 edition of the OECD/FAO Agricultural Outlook covers the outlook for commodity markets during the 2008 to 2017 period, and brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both Organisations. The report analyses world market trends for the main agricultural products, as well as biofuels and provides an assessment of agricultural market prospects for production, consumption, trade, stocks and prices of the included commodities.  This publication includes Statlinks , URLs linking to Excel® spreadsheet files containing background data, as well as a special chapter on high prices which analyses whether they are here to stay. The market projections cover OECD countries, as well as other key agricultural players including... more...

  • Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 2009by OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2009; US$ 81.00

    This report is a unique source of up-to-date estimates of support to agriculture. It provides an overview of agricultural support in the OECD area, complemented by individual chapters on agricultural policy developments in all OECD countries. This edition finds that overall support to farmers in OECD countries has been declining. It shows that the decline has largely been due to a narrowing of the gap between domestic and world agricultural commodity prices. The report also focuses on the impacts of the current financial and economic crisis on agriculture, and the policy responses. Agriculture is expected to fare better than many other sectors. It has a relatively smaller financial exposure, demand is less sensitive to income falls, and the... more...