OECD Review of Agricultural Policies: Slovenia 2001 [electronic resource] /
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Paris : OECD Publishing,
2001.
OECD's 2001 review of Slovenia's agricultural policies. It finds that successful macroeconomic recovery and major progress towards international integration marked Slovenia's first decade of independence. This should have a positive impact on the domestic agro-food sector, prompting the shift of human and financial resources into more competitive areas and driving down production costs. With EU membership fast approaching and commitments to WTO and CEFTA to be upheld, Slovenia needs to limit price-distorting policies in the agro-food sector and to focus on structural adjustment, especially to reduce farm fragmentation, enlarge the commercially viable farm sector, and restructure and modernise the food industry. Given the high importance of rural areas in Slovenia, an effective rural diversification strategy targeted to generate off-farm incomes for rural people is vital to support the progress towards a more market-oriented agriculture. The Review analyses developments since Slovenia gained independence in 1991. It evaluates key structural issues, examines emerging policy developments and provides detailed estimates of support to agriculture, using the OECD's Producer and Consumer Support Estimates (PSEs/CSEs). For those involved in central and eastern European agriculture and agro-food policies, markets and trade, the Review offers unique information and analysis. Policy makers, businesses and researchers will find it an indispensable reference for years to come.
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""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Summary, Conclusions and recommendations""; ""A. The macroeconomic environment""; ""B. Agricultural situation""; ""1. The role of agriculture in the economy""; ""2. Agricultural trade""; ""3. Agricultural trade relations""; ""4. Privatisation and farm restructuring""; ""5. Farm structure""; ""6. The food industry""; ""C. Agricultural policies""; ""1. Policy framework before independence""; ""2. New agricultural policy objectives""; ""3. Main agricultural policy measures""; ""D. Overall budgetary outlays on agricultural policies""
""E. Measuring support to agriculture""""F. Conclusions and recommendations""; ""Structural adjustment""; ""Domestic policy re-instrumentation""; ""Trade""; ""Rural development""; ""Food processing""; ""Part I.  Macroeconomic environment""; ""A. General aspects""; ""1. Background data""; ""Figure I.1.  Map of Slovenia""; ""2. Historical background""; ""B. Macroeconomic developments""; ""1. Economic reform framework""; ""Box I.1.  Sloveniaâ€?s political and administrative system""; ""Table I.1.  Selected economic indicators, 1989-2000""; ""2. Economic output""
""Figure I.2.  GDP growth in Slovenia, selected CEECs and EU average""""Table I.2.  The structure of GDP (in current prices)""; ""3. Employment""; ""Table I.3.  Employment in Slovenia, 1990-1999""; ""Figure I.3.  Unemployment rate in Slovenia, selected CEECs and EU average""; ""4. Inflation""; ""Figure I.4.  Rate of inflation in Slovenia, selected CEECs and EU average, 1993-1999""; ""5. Foreign trade and balance-of-payments""; ""6. Exchange rate""; ""7. Government budget""; ""8. Foreign direct investment (FDI)""; ""9. Social policy issues""; ""Notes""
""Part II.  Situation of the agro-food sector""""A. Role of agro-food sector in the economy""; ""Table II.1.  Share of agriculture and food sector in the economy, 1990-1999""; ""Figure II.1.  Share of agriculture in GDP in CEECs and the European Union, 1999""; ""B. Agricultural sector""; ""1. Natural conditions and land use""; ""Figure II.2.  Total land use, 1998""; ""Box II.1.  Inconsistencies in Slovenian land use statistics""; ""Box Table II.1.  Agricultural land according to the Cadastre and the UAA, hectares""; ""Figure II.3.  Agricultural land use, 1998""; ""2. Output""
""Table II.2.  Gross agricultural output (GAO)""""3. Prices, costs and income""; ""Table II.3.  Agricultural output and input price indices""; ""Figure II.4.  Price ratios, 1990-1999""; ""4. Self-sufficiency and food consumption""; ""Table II.4.  Self-sufficiency for selected staple food items""; ""Table II.5.  Per capita consumption of basic agricultural products, 1992-1999""; ""C. Agricultural trade and trade relations""; ""1. Agricultural trade""; ""Table II.6.  Agro-food trade in 1993-1999""; ""Figure II.5.  Agro-food trade balance, 1993-1999""
""Figure II.6.  Composition of agro-food exports by commodity, 1997-1999 average""
Includes bibliographical references (page 126).
OECD's 2001 review of Slovenia's agricultural policies. It finds that successful macroeconomic recovery and major progress towards international integration marked Slovenia's first decade of independence. This should have a positive impact on the domestic agro-food sector, prompting the shift of human and financial resources into more competitive areas and driving down production costs. With EU membership fast approaching and commitments to WTO and CEFTA to be upheld, Slovenia needs to limit price-distorting policies in the agro-food sector and to focus on structural adjustment, especially to reduce farm fragmentation, enlarge the commercially viable farm sector, and restructure and modernise the food industry. Given the high importance of rural areas in Slovenia, an effective rural diversification strategy targeted to generate off-farm incomes for rural people is vital to support the progress towards a more market-oriented agriculture. The Review analyses developments since Slovenia gained independence in 1991. It evaluates key structural issues, examines emerging policy developments and provides detailed estimates of support to agriculture, using the OECD's Producer and Consumer Support Estimates (PSEs/CSEs). For those involved in central and eastern European agriculture and agro-food policies, markets and trade, the Review offers unique information and analysis. Policy makers, businesses and researchers will find it an indispensable reference for years to come.
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