Public Goods and Externalities
Agri-environmental Policy Measures in Selected OECD Countries
Agriculture is a provider of commodities such as food, feed, fibre and fuel, and it can bring both positive and negative impacts on the environment. Yet most policy measures target farm systems, inputs and practices and agricultural infrastructure (driving forces) rather than the provision of agri-environmental public goods (environmental outcomes).
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 goods.
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Executive summary
This book aims to improve an understanding of the best policy measures to provide agrienvironmental public goods and reduce agri-environmental public bads by looking at the experiences of five OECD countries: Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. A number of questions will be addressed, including: How do these countries define agri-environmental public goods? How do they set agri-environmental targets and reference levels? Which policies do they implement and for which agri-environmental public goods?
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