Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 2000 [electronic resource] : Monitoring and Evaluation
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2000.
The rise in support to agriculture, which first became apparent in 1998, continued in 1999, reaching levels not seen since the mid 1980s. Low world commodity prices, and the resulting pressure they put on farm incomes, led many OECD countries to introduce new measures or to provide additional support to farmers. These events demonstrate clearly that greater efforts are needed to advance the process of agricultural policy reform and trade liberalisation. Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation 2000 provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date estimates of the level 
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Figures; Executive summary; Part I. Monitoring and Evaluation; 1. Economic and agricultural market background; 2. Evolution of agricultural support; 3. Evaluation of agricultural policy developments; 4. Update on key policy issues; Notes; Part II. Background Information; 1. Agricultural policy developments; 2. Developments in WTO and NAFTA Trade Dispute Settlement procedures...; 3. OECD Ministerial Communiqués Related to Agricultural Policies
4. Measurement of support to AgricultureNotes; Part III. Summary Tables on Estimates of Support to Agriculture; Glossary of Agricultural Policy Terms
The rise in support to agriculture, which first became apparent in 1998, continued in 1999, reaching levels not seen since the mid 1980s. Low world commodity prices, and the resulting pressure they put on farm incomes, led many OECD countries to introduce new measures or to provide additional support to farmers. These events demonstrate clearly that greater efforts are needed to advance the process of agricultural policy reform and trade liberalisation. Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation 2000 provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date estimates of the level 
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