The Environmental Effects of Reforming Agricultural Policies
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?...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
1998.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
