NON-DISTORTING FARM SUPPORT
TO ENHANCE
GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
Rome, 2009

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Table of Contents

Part 1   [1Mb]

Preface
Contents
Tables
Introduction and overview

Part 2   [1,5Mb]

Farm support policies that minimize global distortionary effects: a synthesis

Part 3   [1,3Mb]

OECD policy and distortionary effects: a view of the evidence

Part 4   [1,2Mb]

OECD policy and distortionary effects: a view of the evidence [cont'd]

Part 5   [1,8Mb]

OECD policy and distortionary effects: a view of the evidence [cont'd]

Part 6   [1Mb]

Farm support policies of the United States: review and prospects for minimizing production and
trade distortions

Part 7   [1,3Mb]

Farm support policies of the United States: review and prospects for minimizing production and
trade distortions [cont'd]

Part 8   [1,4Mb]

Farm support policies in the European Union: an appraisal of their non-distortionary effects

Part 9   [1,4Mb]

Farm support policies in the European Union: an appraisal of their non-distortionary effects [cont'd]

Part 10   [1,4Mb]

Farm support policies in the European Union: an appraisal of their non-distortionary effects [cont'd]

Part 11   [1,7Mb]

Risk management in OECD agriculture: from a holistic approach to the reality of support measures

Part 12   [1,5Mb]

Market success versus domestic support: Assessing the relative impacts on developing countries' agriculture

Part 13   [1,6Mb]

Market success versus domestic support: Assessing the relative impacts on developing countries' agriculture [cont'd]

Part 14   [1,7Mb]

Policies affecting agricultural incentives in developing countries

Part 15   [1,5Mb]

Review of public support to agricultural insurance

Part 16   [1,6Mb]

Rethinking agricultural input subsidy programmes in developing countries

Part 17   [1,6Mb]

Rethinking agricultural input subsidy programmes in developing countries [cont'd]

Part 18   [1,5Mb]

Rethinking agricultural input subsidy programmes in developing countries [cont'd]

Part 19   [1,6Mb]

Integrating developing country agriculture into global climate change mitigation efforts

Part 20   [1,3Mb]

Integrating developing country agriculture into global climate change mitigation efforts [cont'd]

Part 21   [1Mb]

Integrating developing country agriculture into global climate change mitigation efforts [cont'd]