Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes

Agricultural support has changed substantially in both rich and poor countries in recent years. In rich countries, there has been a strong move to decoupled subsidies and a fall in average rates of protection. In developing countries, market price support remains the dominant form of protection and...

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Autores principales: Mamun, Abdullah, Martin, Will, Tokgoz, Simla
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145652
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Martin, Will
Tokgoz, Simla
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description Agricultural support has changed substantially in both rich and poor countries in recent years. In rich countries, there has been a strong move to decoupled subsidies and a fall in average rates of protection. In developing countries, market price support remains the dominant form of protection and average rates of support have risen—breaking the traditional pattern of taxing agriculture. Emissions from agriculture and land use change have contributed up to a third of total greenhouse gas emissions, with beef, milk and rice production accounting for more than 80 percent of agricultural emissions. Agricultural support was biased against emission-intensive goods until recent years and is now only slightly biased towards them. Although emission intensities are relatively higher in the developing countries, they have fallen far more rapidly in developing countries than in the rich countries in the past quarter-century, as agricultural productivity has grown in developing countries. Policy reform will be challenging given the strong political-economy support for the current structure of protection. Increasing investments in research and development to raise productivity and lower the emissions intensity of agricultural output would help agriculture and the environment.
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spelling CGSpace1456522025-11-06T07:26:24Z Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Tokgoz, Simla greenhouse gases market prices greenhouse gas emissions land-use change reforms research agriculture environment agricultural productivity Agricultural support has changed substantially in both rich and poor countries in recent years. In rich countries, there has been a strong move to decoupled subsidies and a fall in average rates of protection. In developing countries, market price support remains the dominant form of protection and average rates of support have risen—breaking the traditional pattern of taxing agriculture. Emissions from agriculture and land use change have contributed up to a third of total greenhouse gas emissions, with beef, milk and rice production accounting for more than 80 percent of agricultural emissions. Agricultural support was biased against emission-intensive goods until recent years and is now only slightly biased towards them. Although emission intensities are relatively higher in the developing countries, they have fallen far more rapidly in developing countries than in the rich countries in the past quarter-century, as agricultural productivity has grown in developing countries. Policy reform will be challenging given the strong political-economy support for the current structure of protection. Increasing investments in research and development to raise productivity and lower the emissions intensity of agricultural output would help agriculture and the environment. 2019-12-18 2024-06-21T09:04:48Z 2024-06-21T09:04:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145652 en https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13141 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mamun, Abdullah; Martin, Will; and Tokgoz, Simla. 2019. Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1891. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145652
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market prices
greenhouse gas emissions
land-use change
reforms
research
agriculture
environment
agricultural productivity
Mamun, Abdullah
Martin, Will
Tokgoz, Simla
Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
title Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
title_full Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
title_fullStr Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
title_short Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
title_sort reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
topic greenhouse gases
market prices
greenhouse gas emissions
land-use change
reforms
research
agriculture
environment
agricultural productivity
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145652
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