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ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT POLICY: HOW DOES CANADA COMPARE WITH OTHER OECD MEMBERS?
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As an avid consumer of natural resources, agriculture is a major source of environmental harm, but it is also seen as a potential contributor to its mitigation, indicating that environmental measures on agriculture could have positive impacts. In this work we categorize the environmental components of agricultural policies reported by each country to the OECD’s Producer Support Estimate database and develop variables that calculate five ratios that are used to compare the measures for Canada and three other developed OECD countries. The results show that the performance of Canada is lower than expected given its commitments to action in the international scene, and that there is a lot to be done from an agricultural policy perspective to protect the environment and mitigate the impacts of agricultural activity.
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- 2021-01-01
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- Research Material