The arable crop sector.
Contributors: Diakosavvas, Dimitris.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. Policies and Environment Division.
Series: Agriculture, trade and the environment
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9789264009967
Subjects: Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- Government policy -- OECD countries; Environmental policy -- OECD countries; Agriculture -- European Union countries; Crops -- European Union countries; Agriculture and state -- European Union countries; Agriculture -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques; Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Pays de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques; Agriculture -- Pays de l'Union européenne; Cultures -- Pays de l'Union européenne; Politique agricole -- Pays de l'Union européenne; Landbouwproducten; Input; Output; Beleid; Handel
Other titles: Agriculture, trade and the environment :; Agriculture, échanges et environnement :
Description: This study takes an in-depth look at the arable crops sector in OECD countries and draws some conclusions about the impacts of agricultural support policies, trade liberalization, agri-environmental payments, and agri-environmental regulations. It contains economic and structural data, agri-environmental indicators for the arable crops sector, and analysis of the policy measures supporting arable crops farming and addressing environmental issues both at the aggregate country level and regional levels
Notes: "The objective of this study is to improve understanding of the linkages between agriculture, trade and the environment in OECD countries by examining how they relate to the arable crop sector (grains, rice and oilseeds) ... The study was carried out in the Policies and Environment Division of the Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, with Dimitris Diakosavvas as the princinpal author."--P. 3.

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Table of contents: title: Economic and structural aspects of the arable crop sector; title: Environmental impacts associated with production; title: Agricultural policies affecting the arable crop sector; title: Policy measures addressing environmental issues in the arable crop sector; title: Environmental effects of agricultural support policies for arable crops; title: Environmental impacts of multilateral agricultural trade liberalisation on arable crops; title: An analysis of the trade effects of agri-environmental payments and regulations on arable crops.