The Environmental Effects of Reforming Agricultural Policies [electronic resource] /
Maier, Leo,1958-
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1998.
OECD countries have started to reform their agricultural policies in the last decade. Many countries have also implemented agri-environmental measures that are directly aimed at improving the environment. What are the changes in land use, farming practices and input use resulting from these reforms? What have been the effects on the environment: soils, water, air, biodiversity, wildlife habitat and landscape? How have regional and local conditions influenced the environmental outcomes? To what extent have agri-environmental measures contributed to achieving sustainable agriculture? And how could such measures be made more effective and cost-efficient? Through examining concrete policy experiences from OECD countries, this study concludes that agricultural policy reforms can improve the environment, provided they are accompanied by appropriate environmental measures.
 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Main Issues -- Agricultural Policies in Perspective -- The Linkages Between Agricultural Policies and the Environment  -- THE RECENT EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL POLICIES  -- Reductions in the General Level of Support -- Reductions in tariffs and other barriers to trade -- Supply controls . -- Reductions in support to inputs, and taxes on inputs  -- Re-instrumentations of Support  -- Shifts from market price support to direct payments  -- Reorientation of budgetary-financed general services -- Other reforms  -- Changes in the distribution of support  -- Concluding Remarks  -- DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORM -- Effects on Production, Farming Practices and Input Use -- Changes in the volume, composition and location of output  -- Changes in land use -- Changes in farming practices and input use  -- Effects on the Environment  -- Effects on soils -- Effects on biodiversity, wildlife habitat and landscape -- Effects on water resources  -- Effects on odour and air quality -- Concluding Remarks  -- INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF POLICY REFORM -- Environmental Effects Related to Trade Expansion -- Shifts in the location of production -- Increases in freight traffic -- Higher risk of pests and diseases -- Effects on income and the demand for environmental protection -- Cross-Border and Global Effects -- Cross-border effects -- Global environmental effects -- Concluding Remarks  -- Bibliography  -- Annex
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OECD countries have started to reform their agricultural policies in the last decade. Many countries have also implemented agri-environmental measures that are directly aimed at improving the environment. What are the changes in land use, farming practices and input use resulting from these reforms? What have been the effects on the environment: soils, water, air, biodiversity, wildlife habitat and landscape? How have regional and local conditions influenced the environmental outcomes? To what extent have agri-environmental measures contributed to achieving sustainable agriculture? And how could such measures be made more effective and cost-efficient? Through examining concrete policy experiences from OECD countries, this study concludes that agricultural policy reforms can improve the environment, provided they are accompanied by appropriate environmental measures.
Environment
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture
Agriculture and state
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Environmental Engineering