Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 2001 [electronic resource] : Monitoring and Evaluation
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2001.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Table of Contents""; ""Executive summary""; ""Part I. Monitoring and Evaluation""; ""Monitoring and Evaluation""; ""1. Economic and agricultural market background""; ""The macroeconomic environment""; ""Table I.1.  Macro-economic indicators for OECD countries""; ""Table I.2.  Macro-economic indicators for selected non-OECD countries""; ""International agricultural markets""; ""Structural developments""; ""2. Main policy developments in 2000""; ""Developments in domestic policy""; ""New multi-year policy programmes introduced""
""Support prices rose for commodities in some OECD countries but fell in others""""Modifications to programmes to achieve structural change""; ""More changes in the dairy sector""; ""New tax and interest concessions granted""; ""Some significant measures in response to falling farmer incomesâ€?""; ""â€? and in response to emergencies""; ""New agri-environmental policies introduced""; ""Attempts to streamline the provision of support""; ""High priority to food safety issues""; ""Increase in food labelling requirements""; ""Few changes in competition policy""; ""Developments in trade policy""
""Expansion of import access""""Decrease in export subsidies""; ""Some new bilateral trade agreements""; ""3. Evaluation of policy developments""; ""Box I.1.  Policy principles""; ""Box I.2.  Operational criteria""; ""Box I.3.  Definitions of the OECD indicators of support""; ""Overview""; ""Graph I.1.  Total support estimate by country""; ""Graph I.2.  Producer support estimate by country""; ""Support and protection decreased on average, â€?""; ""Graph I.3.  Composition of producer support estimate by country, 1986-1988 and 1998-2000""; ""Graph I.4.  Consumer support estimate by country""
""but with wider variations among countries, â€?""""Graph I.5.  Producer nominal protection coefficient by country""; ""Graph I.6.  Producer support estimate per farmer, 1998-2000""; ""Graph I.7.  Producer support estimate per hectare, 1998-2000""; ""Graph I.8.  Producer support estimate by commodity""; ""â€? and across commodities""; ""Graph I.9.  Producer nominal protection coefficient by commodity""; ""While payments based on past entitlements and overall income increasedâ€?""; ""â€? area/headage payments and support for using inputs declined, â€?""
""â€? and policies increasingly address environmental concerns""""Market orientation improved, but remained very low in a number of countries""; ""Graph I.10.  Producer nominal assistance coefficient by country""; ""Support for general services to agriculture remains low relative to support to producers""; ""Overall support to OECD agriculture decreased, but remained significant""; ""4. Developments in selected policy areas""; ""Food safety and related policy developments""; ""Food safety systems continue to evolve""; ""Box I.4.  Key messages on food safety""
""Focus on transparency and co ordination""
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Statistics -- Periodicals.
Agriculture and state -- Periodicals.
Produce trade -- Government policy -- Periodicals.
Produce trade -- Statistics -- Periodicals.
Agricultural policies in OECD countries