Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: A Positive Reform Agenda

来源地址：

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/agriculture-and-food/agricultural-policies-in-oecd-countries-a-positive-reform-agenda_9789264199682-en

关键词：

Agricultural Policies;  OECD Countries; 

年份：

2002

总页数：

40 pages

语种：

English

信息来源：

OECD

摘要：

This document outlines an agenda for agricultural policy reform in OECD countries. Without making judgements on specific policies in individual countries, or pre-judging negotiations at the WTO or elsewhere, it suggests ways in which agricultural policies in Member countries can further the shared goals agreed to at the OECD Committee for Agriculture at Ministerial Level in 1998. These goals correspond to several areas of consensus among OECD Member government; namely that governments should provide an appropriate framework to ensure that the agro-food sector: • is responsive to market signals; • is efficient, sustainable, viable and innovative, so as to provide opportunities to improve standards of living for producers; • is further integrated into the multilateral trading system; • provides consumers with access to adequate and reliable supplies of food, which meets their concerns, in particular with regard to safety and quality; • contributes to the sustainable management of natural resources and the quality of the environment; • contributes to the socio-economic development of rural areas including the generation of employment opportunities through its multifunctional characteristics, the policies for which must be transparent; • contributes to food security at the national and global levels.