No. 46 Public food stockholding: objectives, experiences and main issues

27/10/2021

This policy brief discusses the different objectives and types of public food stockholding (PSH) programmes, as much as some of the main PSH related issues under discussion in the agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization.

No. 45 Enhancing transparency in agrifood trade

26/10/2021

This policy brief aims at informing Members about the importance of transparency in reducing uncertainty and enhance the predictability and stability of international agrifood trade.

No. 44 How can agrifood trade support climate change mitigation?

25/10/2021

This policy brief investigates the links between climate change and food security, examines the trade measures used to combat climate change in the agricultural context, and discusses the challenges ahead.

No. 43 How can trade and trade policies help shape adaptation to climate change?

24/10/2021

This policy brief provides information on the relation between climate change and trade, the role that trade can play as a climate change adaptation instrument, and the trade policies that can be used to strengthen the adaptive role of trade.

No. 42 Medium-term prospects and challenges for global agriculture

23/10/2021

This brief presents an assessment of the ten-year prospects and challenges for agricultural commodity and fish markets at national, regional and global levels based on the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030.

No. 41 Recent trends and prospects in the world cotton market and policy developments

22/10/2021

This policy brief provides an overview of the key market, trade and policy drivers shaping the international cotton market, including developments prospects and challenges for the sector.

No. 40 Leveraging digital trade for efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems

21/10/2021

This policy brief aims to inform Members about the opportunities offered by digitalization in enhancing more efficient and transparent agrifood trade, while discussing the challenges of scaling up digital trade.

No. 37 COVID-19: Agricultural trade and policy responses during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020

05/07/2021

Measures adopted around the world to contain the COVID-19 outbreak helped curb the spread of the virus and lowered the pressure on health systems. However, they also affected the global trading system, and the supply and demand of agricultural and food products. In response to concerns over food security and food safety worldwide, many countries reacted immediately to apply policy measures aiming to limit potentially adverse impacts on domestic markets. Covering the first half of 2020, this policy brief provides an overview of short-term changes in policy measures related to agricultural trade that countries adopted in response to the pandemic.

No. 39 Trade in fisheries products: fisheries sustainability, fishing capacity, and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing

05/07/2021

his policy brief provides an overview of the main fish pillars associated with the current WTO mandate on fisheries subsidies – overfishing and overfished stocks, capacity, and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. It also addresses traditional scientific concepts like the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) in determining overfishing, the main FAO instruments associated with capacity and combatting IUU fishing, and the Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMOs) and flag, port, and coastal States.

No. 38 Trade in fisheries and aquaculture products: a major international commodity

05/07/2021

This policy brief provides an overview of the latest statistic data on fisheries and aquaculture production and trade, highlighting the importance of international trade to many countries, particularly developing countries. It is also stressed the rank of fisheries and aquaculture trade in comparison with other animal proteins. Small-scale fisheries are also analyzed, including their singularity and characterization issues.