Making Better Policies for Food Systems

Making Better Policies for Food Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-01-11

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9264967834

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Food systems around the world face a triple challenge: providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population; supporting livelihoods for those working along the food supply chain; and contributing to environmental sustainability. Better policies hold tremendous promise for making progress in these domains.


Environmental Performance of Agriculture at a Glance

Environmental Performance of Agriculture at a Glance

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2008-06-16

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 926404678X

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Provides comprehensive data and analysis on the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, covering soil, water, air and biodiversity and looking at recent policy developments in all 30 countries.


Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021 Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021 Addressing the Challenges Facing Food Systems

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 9264853707

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This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies in 54 countries, including the 38 OECD countries, the five non-OECD EU Member States, and 11 emerging economies. This year’s report focuses on policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and analyses the implications of agricultural support policies for the performance of food systems.


Trends and Drivers of Agri-environmental Performance in OECD Countries

Trends and Drivers of Agri-environmental Performance in OECD Countries

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-12-02

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9264319832

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This report updates the data published in the 2015 OECD Compendium of Agri-environmental Indicators to present a summary of the environmental performance of agriculture in OECD countries as of end-2015. It also includes new and innovative material to further strengthen its relevance as a reference document.


Sustainability Appraisal: Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Techniques for Environmental Performance Evaluation

Sustainability Appraisal: Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Techniques for Environmental Performance Evaluation

Author: Marina G Erechtchoukova

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 3642320813

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One of the most important issues in developing sustainable management strategies and incorporating ecodesigns in production, manufacturing and operations management is the assessment of the sustainability of business operations and organizations’ overall environmental performance. The book presents the results of recent studies on sustainability assessment. It provides a solid reference for researchers in academia and industrial practitioners on the state-of-the-art in sustainability appraisal including the development and application of sustainability indices, quantitative methods, models and frameworks for the evaluation of current and future welfare outcomes, recommendations on data collection and processing for the evaluation of organizations’ environmental performance, and eco-efficiency approaches leading to business process re-engineering.


OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

OECD-FAO Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2016-10-14

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9264251057

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OECD and FAO have developed this guidance to help enterprises observe standards of responsible business conduct and undertake due diligence along agricultural supply chains in order to ensure that their operations contribute to sustainable development.