This report analyses how a handful of OECD countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States) defines agri-environmental public goods and sets agri-environmental targets and reference levels, and the policies they implement for targeting certain agri-environmental public...

These proceedings examine the nature and strength of jointness between agricultural commodity production and non-commodity outputs from the perspective of three areas important to the agricultural sector: rural development, environmental externalities and food security. This workshop also...

The Benefits of Climate Change Policies provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in assessment of the global benefits of climate change policies. It includes recent analyses and viewpoints from well-known scientists and policy analysts, including John Callaway (UNEP Risoe Centre), Henry...

Le terme de multifonctionnalité est de plus en plus utilisé mais différentes interprétations sont attachées à sa définition, son utilité et ses implications pour la politique au niveau national et international. L’OCDE a entrepris cette analyse pour clarifier le concept de...

Ce rapport tente de guider les décideurs dans leur recherche des meilleures décisions possibles, compte tenu du caractère multifonctionnel de l’agriculture. Une série de questions détaillées est tout d’abord présentée aux décideurs et aux analystes. Les réponses détermineront si...

Beyond its primary function of supplying food and fibre, agricultural activity can produce environmental services, or have negative effects such as creating pollution. Market forces alone are not able to ensure that the level of these positive and negative externalities of agriculture is...

The term multifunctionality is increasingly used, but is prone to different interpretations concerning its definition, its utility and its implications for policy at domestic and international level. The OECD undertook this analysis to clarify the concept of multifunctionality and to try to...