Featured publications
No. 63 Agricultural Outlook 2025–2034: Medium-term prospects for global agricultural commodity markets
27/03/2026
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025–2034 presents a ten-year baseline scenario for global agricultural and fish markets, highlighting expected developments...
No. 57 Trade in fisheries and aquaculture products: Global markets, production, and food security
27/03/2026
International trade in fisheries and aquaculture products plays a critical role in global food security, employment and income generation, with aquatic...
No. 61 The dynamic impact of global shipping costs on the food import bill
27/03/2026
Maritime transportation is essential for countries to access basic goods in global markets and to support food security and nutrition, as almost one-quarter...
No. 62 Trade and Nutrition: Association and policy approaches
27/03/2026
Trade is fundamental to agrifood systems, connecting surplus and deficit regions and supporting a more reliable supply of safe, diverse and sufficient...
Publications
No. 33 How can blockchain’s general architecture enhance trade facilitation in agricultural supply chains?
10/09/2019
This brief provides an overview of the potential of distributed ledger technologies to facilitate transactions in agricultural supply chains through enhanced traceability, efficiency, transparency and accountability.
No. 32 Agricultural trade and employment: links, evidence and policy implications
10/09/2018
With agriculture accounting for roughly 70 percent of employment and 30 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in low-income countries, trade in agricultural products has the potential to significantly affect rural employment, incomes and poverty in these countries.
No. 31 WTO Negotiations - Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) – Outcomes for agriculture and fisheries
15/08/2018
Between 10 and 13 December 2017, Trade Ministers gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to participate in the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11). Following the conclusion of the meeting, this brief reports on its outcome, with particular reference to the negotiations on agriculture and fisheries.
No. 30 Voluntary sustainability standards in agriculture, fisheries and forestry trade
11/07/2018
This brief discusses the application of voluntary sustainability standards in agriculture, fisheries and forestry trade.
No. 29 The treatment of agriculture in Regional Trade Agreements
05/12/2017
A discussion on the growing importance of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and the trends in the treatment of agriculture in RTAs.
No. 28 Trade in Fish and Fishery Products
07/11/2017
This brief discusses trade in fish and fishery products, in particular, trends in import and export, subsidies, tariff and non-tariff measures.
No. 27 Export restrictions in agriculture trade
10/10/2017
This brief explains and explores the rationale and options for strengthening disciplines on export restrictions.
No. 26 Non-tariff measures in agriculture trade
05/09/2017
This brief analyses the impact that non-tariff measures (NTMs) have on agri-food products and the disciplines on NTMs in the multilateral trading system.
No. 25 Evolution of import tariffs and the issue of tariff escalation
08/08/2017
This brief provides an overview of the evolution in bound and applied tariffs with a focus on tariff escalation.
No. 24 Trade and Food Standards
11/07/2017
Trade and food standards. This brief emphasizes the importance of applying international food safety standards, and how these standards are applied in the context of WTO agreements based on the jointly prepared publication by FAO and WTO.