A misguided approach to agricultural support
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This article is an edited excerpt from a report titled ‘Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021: Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems’, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. To read the full report, visit bit.ly/2SAKIqL.
“The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has been monitoring developments in agricultural support in OECD countries annually since 1988, with an increasing number of economies outside the OECD area included over this period.
The current assessment covers 54 countries across six continents, and includes all OECD member countries, five non-OECD EU member states, and 12 emerging and developing economies, including South Africa. Together, these countries represent three-quarters of global value-added agriculture.
A new report by the OECD, ‘Agricultural
