Economic policy for agriculture: a guide for FAO professionals

Aims to:

• provide FAO professionals with the basic analytical principles of economic policy making for agriculture
• it does not seek to convert non-economists into economists, but rather to provide technical experts with a familiarity of the discourse of economic policy, so they can apply their technical skills more effectively
• particularly target those involved in technical field work, whose specialised knowledge is repeatedly evaluated within an economic context of costs and benefits (eg (e.g. agronomists and nutrition experts).

Manual covers:

• The analytical basis for economic policy towards agriculture
• Characteristics of agriculture relevant to economic policy
• Policy Areas: macroeconomic policies, taxation, price policy, trade liberalisation, environmental effects, public-private sector relationships
• The Uruguay Round and the WTO
• Structural adjustment programmes

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