Agricultural Policies in Emerging Economies 2009
Monitoring and Evaluation

Estimates of support to agriculture in six economies (India is not yet covered) from 1995 to 2007 are provided, in conformance with recent changes to the OECD measurement methodology. This allows a consistent comparison across emerging economies and with OECD countries in terms of changes in the level and composition of support to producers and the sector as a whole.
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South Africa
Current policies in South African agriculture are the result of substantial reforms implemented from the mid-1990s. Policy changes that impacted on agriculture resulted in deregulation of the marketing of agricultural products, liberalisation of domestic markets, and reduced barriers to agricultural trade. The main developments in trade policy included the replacement of direct controls over imports by tariffs, removal of state controls over exports and elimination of export subsidies. These reforms reduced market price support and budgetary support to commercial farming. In contrast, increased budgetary spending went to finance the land reform process.
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