OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers

ISSN :: 1815-6797 (online)
DOI :: 10.1787/18156797

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Selected studies on various food, agriculture and fisheries issues from the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate.

NB. No. 1 to No. 58 were released under the previous series title OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers.

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Number	Date	Title
N° 60	22 May 2013	PDF READ Cross Country Analysis of Farm Economic Performance Shingo Kimura, Christine Le Thi This report analyses the farm performance data contributed through the OECD Network for Farm-level Analysis. It first compares the distribution of four economic performance indicators across nine participating countries or regions for selected farm types (output and input ratio, and net...
N° 59	19 Nov 2012	PDF READ World Wheat Price Volatility Wyatt Thompson, Garry Smith, Armelle Elasri This study complements OECD analyses on commodity price volatility by providing quantitative assessments of the impact of two structural changes that a number of market observers have identified as contributing to world wheat market price volatility. The factors examined relate to changes in...
N° 58	01 July 2012	PDF READ A Comparative Study of Risk Management in Agriculture under Climate Change Jesús Antón, Shingo Kimura, Jussi Lankoski, Andrea Cattaneo Climate change affects the mean and variability of weather conditions and the frequency of extreme events, which to a great extent determines the variability of production and yields. This paper reviews the scientific literature on the impacts of climate change on yield variance and...
N° 57	18 July 2012	PDF READ Stochastic Model Development and Price Volatility Analysis Shinichi Taya The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook provides mid-term projections of global agricultural markets simulated by the AGLINK-COSIMO model. While the projections typically present a deterministic outlook for markets that are conditional on a set of assumptions, recent experience of highly turbulent...
N° 56	18 Apr 2012	PDF READ Fuel Tax Concessions in the Fisheries Sector Roger Martini At the 2009 Pittsburgh Summit, G20 leaders requested an analysis of the scope of energy subsidies and suggestions regarding how they may be phased out and rationalised. This report responds to this request by identifying and measuring fuel tax concessions in the fisheries sector. It provides...
N° 55	16 Apr 2012	PDF READ The Economic Value of Rebuilding Fisheries Christopher Costello, Brian P. Kinlan, Sarah E. Lester, Steven D. Gaines The global demand for protein from seafood – whether wild, caught or cultured, whether for direct consumption or as feed for livestock – is high and projected to continue growing. However, the ocean’s ability to meet this demand is uncertain due to either mismanagement or, in some cases, lack...
N° 54	25 Jan 2012	PDF READ Structural Change in Commodity Markets Pete Liapis It is generally asserted that markets of internationally traded agricultural commodities are thin and more volatile, but with little supporting evidence. For internationally traded agricultural products, it is not clear what constitutes "thin" markets and how this "thinness" contributes to...
N° 53	12 Dec 2011	PDF READ International Agreements for Commodity Price Stabilisation Christopher Gilbert This paper looks at commodity stocks, their role in price determination for storable commodities, and past efforts of international stockholding arrangements with economic provisions in stabilising world prices. Low stocks to use ratios of recent years were one of a number of contributory...
N° 52	06 Dec 2011	PDF READ Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility Marilyne Huchet-Bourdon Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in many commodity prices. This report examines the question of whether commodity price volatility has materially changed with the rapid run up in world prices in 2006-09, followed by an equally sharp decline in many commodity prices. The report...
N° 51	15 Nov 2011	PDF READ The Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM) Jonathan Brooks, Mateusz Filipski, Erik Jonasson, J. Edward Taylor This paper provides technical documentation of the Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM model). It contains a discussion of the theoretical building blocks of the model; an overview of the data sources used for the simulations; and explanations of how household groups are categorized and...
N° 50	15 Nov 2011	PDF READ Modelling the Distributional Implications of Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries Jonathan Brooks, Mateusz Filipski, Erik Jonasson, J. Edward Taylor This paper presents the Development Policy Evaluation Model (DEVPEM), a new simulation model which captures four critical aspects of rural economies in developing countries: (1) the role of the household as both a producer and a consumer of food crops; (2) high transaction costs of...
N° 49	10 Aug 2011	PDF READ Agricultural Progress and Poverty Reduction Joe Dewbre, Dalila Cervantes-Godoy, Silvia Sorescu Achieving the Millennium Development Goal to halve global poverty by 2015 looks increasingly likely, although many countries may fall far short of this goal. This study compares socio-economic characteristics of twenty-five countries that have posted exceptional progress in reducing poverty to...
N° 48	02 Aug 2011	PDF READ Farm Level Analysis of Risk and Risk Management Strategies and Policies Shingo Kimura, Christine Le Thi This Working Paper serves as a technical background note for the Farm-level analysis of risk, risk management strategies and policies (OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers No.26). It describes: 1) the data source and analytical methods employed to measure risk exposure at the...
N° 47	24 June 2011	PDF READ Changing Patterns of Trade in Processed Agricultural Products Pete Liapis Trade in processed products, such as chocolates, steaks or wines, is dominated by high income OECD countries, although it is slowing down between these countries while growing very fast between emerging economies. Low income countries, however, account for a small share of such trade. Countries...
N° 46	01 May 2011	PDF READ Distribution of Support and Income in Agriculture Catherine Moreddu Agricultural production and support in Canada, the United States, and the European Union are highly concentrated on larger farms, which have higher income levels than the average of all farms. Smaller farms, though, are more dependent on support (in particular, payments) which accounts for a...
N° 45	01 Apr 2011	PDF READ Long Term Trends in Agricultural Policy Impacts Roger Martini Agricultural policies have undergone reforms in most OECD countries, each choosing a different path to replace policies historically based on market price support with other forms of support deemed superior in achieving differing policy objectives. This report looks at the results of this...
N° 44	31 Mar 2011	PDF READ Regional Trade Agreements - Treatment of Agriculture Linda Fulponi, Matthew Shearer, Juliana Almeida This study develops earlier OECD work on the treatment of agriculture in regional trade agreements for Latin America by extending the geographic coverage to Asia-Pacific and selected agreements in Africa. It covers over 50 regional trade agreements with respect to market access, subsidies,...
N° 43	10 Feb 2011	PDF READ Risk Management in Agriculture in Spain Jesús Antón, Shingo Kimura This report analyses the agricultural risk management system in Spain, applying a holistic approach that considers the interactions between all sources of risk, farmers. strategies and policies. The policy analysis is structured around three layers of risk that require a differentiated policy...
N° 42	10 Feb 2011	PDF READ Risk Management in Agriculture in New Zealand Olga Melyukhina This report analyzes the agricultural risk management system in New Zealand, applying a holistic approach that considers the interactions between all sources of risk, farmers’ strategies and policies. The policy analysis is structured around three layers of risk that require a differentiated...
N° 41	08 Mar 2011	PDF READ Risk Management in Agriculture in The Netherlands Olga Melyukhina This report analyzes the agricultural risk management system in the Netherlands, applying a holistic approach that considers the interactions between all sources of risk, farmers’ strategies and policies. The policy analysis is structured around three layers of risk that require a...
N° 40	10 Feb 2011	PDF READ Risk Management in Agriculture in Canada Jesús Antón, Shingo Kimura, Roger Martini This report analyses the agricultural risk management system in Canada, applying a holistic approach that considers the interactions between all sources of risk, farmers‘ strategies and policies. The policy analysis is structured around three layers of risk that require a differentiated policy...
N° 39	10 Feb 2011	PDF READ Risk Management in Agriculture in Australia Shingo Kimura, Jesús Antón This report analyzes the agricultural risk management system in Australia, applying a holistic approach that considers the interactions between all sources of risk, farmers. strategies and policies. The policy analysis is structured around three layers of risk that require a differentiated...
N° 38	21 Jan 2011	PDF READ Practical Considerations in Using Bioeconomic Modelling for Rebuilding Fisheries Sherry L. Larkin, Sergio Alvarez, Gil Sylvia, Michael Harte Many of the world.s fish stocks are considered to be in need of rebuilding. In response, global agreements, including UNCLOS, have sought to adopt some (optimal) level of fish biomass, usually the level associated with the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). While establishing a sustainable level...
N° 37	17 Jan 2011	PDF READ Evolution of Agricultural Support in Real Terms in OECD Countries and Emerging Economies Jean-Pierre Butault This report proposes a methodology to express OECD indicators of support in real terms and establishes specific purchasing power parities for a broad range of commodities so as to compare developments in output volume and prices at an aggregate level. It analyses the evolution of prices, farm...
N° 36	01 Jan 2011	PDF READ Decision-Making and Action Taking: Fisheries Management in a Changing Climate David Fluharty Decision-makers in fisheries management are confronted with the challenge of how to respond to existing and predicted changes in ocean conditions that are likely to affect the stocks of fish they manage. In order to address climate change most research and thinking advises decision-makers to...
N° 35	14 Oct 2010	PDF READ Potential Market Effects of Selected Policy Options in Emerging Economies to Address Future Commodity Price Surges Wyatt Thompson, Grégoire Tallard This report examines the market outcomes of different policy options that could be adopted in the event of a future spike in the world price of wheat and rice. The three policies – additional border measures, consumer subsidies or public stocks – only partly mitigate the effect of a price spike...
N° 34	01 Oct 2010	PDF READ Policy Responses in Emerging Economies to International Agricultural Commodity Price Surges Darryl Jones, Andrzej Kwiecinski This report examines and classifies policy responses in ten major emerging economies to the rise in international agricultural commodity prices in 2006-08. It also analyses impacts of these responses on the domestic market to evaluate their effectiveness in meeting stated policy objectives. The...
N° 33	10 Aug 2010	PDF READ Private Financial Sector Investment in Farmland and Agricultural Infrastructure HighQuest Partners, United States Private financial sector investment in agriculture is a small but rapidly growing phenomenon, involving large scale financial institutions, hedge funds and real estate investment trusts as well as private/public companies pursuing farm ownership/management strategies. This sector has been...
N° 32	01 Aug 2010	PDF READ Analysing the Composition of Producer Support Darryl Jones This report considers the analytical potential of the classification system of policy measures in the OECD Producer Support Estimate (PSE) to monitor policy developments. This system of categories, subcategories and labels is based on the form in which transfers are provided to farmers. The...
N° 31	01 Aug 2010	PDF READ The Benefits from Agricultural Research and Development, Innovation, and Productivity Growth Julian M. Alston This report contains a review of the literature on the role of agricultural research and development in fostering innovation and productivity in agriculture. The review seeks to clarify concepts and terminology used in the area, provide a critical assessment of approaches found in the...
N° 30	01 Aug 2010	PDF READ Competitiveness, Productivity and Efficiency in the Agricultural and Agri-Food Sectors Laure Latruffe This report reviews the literature on competitiveness, productivity and efficiency in the agricultural and agri-food sectors. It clarifies concepts and terminology used in this area, and provides a critical assessment of approaches and indicators used in the literature to measure...
N° 29	01 July 2010	PDF READ Demand Growth in Developing Countries David Abler This report prepared by a consultant, Dr. David Abler of Penn State University in the United States, examines structural changes in the demand for agricultural products arising from economic growth in a number of large developing and emerging economies comprising primarily the BRIIC group of...
N° 28	01 July 2010	PDF READ Case Studies of Costs and Benefits of Non-Tariff Measures Frank van Tongeren, Anne-Célia Disdier, Joanna Komorowska, Stéphane Marette, Martin von Lampe This report applies a cost-benefit analysis to quantify the economic effects of non-tariff measures in the agri-food sector. Three case studies are presented to demonstrate how such analysis can help identify least-cost solutions of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) designed to ensure that imported...
N° 27	01 June 2010	PDF READ The Impact of Index and Swap Funds on Commodity Futures Markets Scott H. Irwin, Dwight R. Sanders This preliminary study examines the impact of index and swap fund participation in agricultural and energy commodity futures markets. Based on new data and empirical analysis the study finds that index funds did not cause a bubble in agricultural futures prices. Using Granger causality methods...
N° 26	18 June 2010	PDF READ Farm Level Analysis of Risk and Risk Management Strategies and Policies Shingo Kimura, Jesús Antón, Christine LeThi This Working Paper presents the work on farm level analysis of risk management environment, strategies and policies. Two types of results are presented: statistical indicators of risk exposure at the individual level, and micro model simulation results on risk management strategies.
N° 25	16 June 2010	PDF READ Management Strategy Evaluation and Management Procedures Daniel S. Holland Fisheries management is complicated in nearly all cases by a high degree of uncertainty about the current state and expected growth of fish stocks and about the economic and social factors that affect the desirable harvest levels. Even for fisheries with excellent data collection programs,...
N° 24	16 Mar 2010	PDF READ Policy Measures Addressing Agri-environmental Issues Vaclav Vojtech This report focuses on the developments in the overall range of policies addressing environmental issues in agriculture in OECD countries in the past decade (since the mid 1990s). It is undertaken from the perspective of the environmental objectives pursued by the policies and from the...
N° 23	01 Jan 2010	PDF READ Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction Dalila Cervantes-Godoy, Joe Dewbre The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. Exceptional progress in some developing countries makes achieving that goal globally a realistic possibility. However, many countries will fall far short, and up to 1 billion...
N° 22	01 Dec 2009	PDF READ Quota Allocation in International Fisheries Anthony Cox Developing an allocation scheme for distributing rights amongst fishing nations is a key issue in the development of stable cooperative arrangements to exploit international fish resources. Allocation within regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) is generally based on the...
N° 21	01 Nov 2009	PDF READ A Cost-Benefit Framework for the Assessment of Non-Tariff Measures in Agro-Food Trade Frank van Tongeren, John Beghin, Stéphane Marette This report develops a conceptual framework for the assessment of costs and benefits associated with non-tariff measures that allows an evidence-based comparative assessment of alternative regulatory approaches.
N° 20	01 Aug 2009	PDF READ The Trade and Trade Policy Implications of Different Policy Responses to Societal Concerns Monika Tothova Societal concerns as they pertain to farming activities play an important role today in the development of national policies. How such concerns are perceived varies from one society to another as do the policy responses (economic instruments and regulations) that governments put in place. These...
N° 19	01 July 2009	PDF READ Impact of Animal Disease Outbreaks and Alternative Control Practices on Agricultural Markets and Trade Franziska Junker, Joanna Komorowska, Frank van Tongeren Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is one of the most contagious animal diseases. Because of the easy transfer between animals, FMD is of importance to the domestic market, but also to international agricultural trade. Infected countries are often confronted with rigorous measures implemented by...
N° 18	01 July 2009	PDF READ Development Dimensions of High Food Prices Philip Abbott Measures were taken by many developing country governments to mitigate consequences of high international agricultural commodity prices from mid 2006 until mid 2008, and to block their transmission to domestic markets, with varying degrees of success and cost. A significant international...
N° 17	01 Apr 2009	PDF READ Extensive Margins in Agriculture Pete Liapis This paper examines whether the growth in agricultural trade of 69 countries between 1996 and 2006 has taken place at the intensive or the extensive margin. The paper addresses the questions: have agricultural exports during this period expanded more through the intensive margin (more exports...
N° 16	01 Mar 2009	PDF READ Role, Usage and Motivation for Contracting in Agriculture Pavel Vavra Agri-food sectors have been going through a remarkable transformation worldwide. This process has been accompanied by an increasing use of contracts, which raises concerns about market transparency, possible consequences for actors of the food supply chains and the role a government in this...
N° 15	01 Feb 2009	PDF READ Interaction of Public and Private Standards in the Food Chain Garry Smith This paper discusses a number of issues arising from the contiguous development of public and private quality standards, predominately in developed countries. The paper is an exploratory examination of the ways in which public and private food quality standards interact with each other in...
N° 14	01 Jan 2009	PDF READ Policy Initiatives Concerning Diet, Health and Nutrition Linda Fulponi The main findings of the paper are based on the OECD survey of policy initiatives in diet, health and nutrition and a review of the relevant literature. Overall survey responses indicate that most efforts focus on two main types of activities: first, increasing information on diet and health to...
N° 13	01 Jan 2009	PDF READ New Avenues of Value Creation in the Agro-Food Sector Céline Giner This paper suggests some avenues to explore as new sources of value creation and capture in the agro-food sector. The range of opportunities for value creation is vast, and this paper does not pretend to be exhaustive. New strategies are being prepared by different stakeholders in the sector,...
N° 12	01 Dec 2008	PDF READ Smallholder Adjustment in Middle-Income Countries Dalila Cervantes-Godoy, Jonathan Brooks This paper discusses the adjustment pressures faced by smallholders in middle-income countries, considers the types of policy response that are warranted, and proposes an integrated framework for more inclusive development. Central to this framework is the recognition that the long-term (i.e....
N° 11	01 Dec 2008	PDF READ Modelling Agricultural Trade and Policy Impacts in Less Developed Countries Jonathan Brooks, George Dyer, Ed Taylor This paper proposes a methodological framework for examining the distributional effects of alternative agricultural policies in less developed economies. The framework combines disaggregated household models with an explicit modelling of the linkages between product and factor markets.

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