Across the OECD, farmers are voluntarily forming community-based associations to help achieve a more sustainable agriculture. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? How can it be encouraged? To what extent can such group-based voluntary action substitute for, or complement, existing...

The economic performance of organic farms is mixed, with considerable variation in the yields achieved and the premiums received for products within and across OECD countries. This publication reveals that organic agriculture is disadvantaged by current agricultural support policies, and the...

Die Umweltprobleme im Landwirtschaftssektor vieler mittel- und osteuropäischer Staaten einschließlich der Länder der ehemaligen Sowjetunion sind vielfältig und schwerwiegend. Im Rahmen der Wirtschaftstransformation hin zur Marktwirtschaft haben diese Länder die Chance, integrierende...