Research Catalog

Title

Modernising Canada's Agricultural Policies [electronic resource] / Peter Jarrett and Shuji Kobayakawa

Author

Jarrett, Peter.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

Details

Additional Authors

Kobayakawa, Shuji.

Description

33 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the competitiveness and environmental challenges that it faces. The federal government has tried to end a marketing monopoly in the barley market and may do so for wheat as well. The next generation of agriculture and agri-food policy is being finalised, and implementation of the first part of a new framework, Growing Forward, has begun. But a steady stream of ad hoc programmes in recent years has had significant budgetary costs and no doubt created moral hazard among farmers. There is scope for further liberalisation in supply-managed sectors, which are heavily protected and subsidised by consumers. Moreover, Canada's bio-energy production, in particular the production of second-generation bio-ethanol (from cellulose), is under pressure in light of less costly bio-energy production overseas. Against this background, governments are striving to ensure the long-term viability of the sector. This Working Paper relates to the 2008 OECD Economic Survey of Canada (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/canada).

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.629

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.629.

Subject

• Economics
• Canada

LCCN

10.1787/240820753484

OCLC

oecd-lib

Author

Jarrett, Peter.

Title

Modernising Canada's Agricultural Policies [electronic resource] / Peter Jarrett and Shuji Kobayakawa

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2008.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.629

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.629.

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Indexed Term

Economics

Canada

Added Author

Kobayakawa, Shuji.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/240820753484 doi