The State of Food and Agriculture 2024

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ANNEX 3: Summary of selected global studies on agrifood support policy reform

Table A3EXISTING GLOBAL STUDIES ON AGRIFOOD SUPPORT POLICY REFORM

A table shows information about five existing global studies on agrifood support policy reform. For each study the table displays the breakdown of results, model used, and the different kinds of policy reform analyzed

The continuation of the table from the previous page shows information under the following column headers: FAO, UNDP, UNEP, and 2021; Glauber and Laborde, 2023; Springmann and Freud, 2022; Laborde and Pineiro, 2023; and Lord, 2022. The row headers read as follows: breakdown of results, model used, removing subsidies, repurposing subsidies within national borders, repurposing subsidies globally, and removing border measures

NOTES: BRIC = Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China; GHG = greenhouse gas; LMIC = lower-middle-income country; NCD = non-communicable disease; OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; VoP = Value of Production; n/a = not available. * Total agricultural support includes subsidies and trade policies (import and export taxes and subsidies). ** Redistribution of subsidies across commodities to ensure comparable support based on VoP. *** Redistribution of subsidies across commodities aligned with recommended dietary levels. **** Redistribution of producer subsidies to consumers.
SOURCES: FAO, UNDP & UNEP. 2021. A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6562en; Glauber, J. & Laborde, D. 2023. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to deliver affordable healthy diets, sustainably and inclusively: what is at stake? – Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, No. 22-05. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4348en; Laborde, D. & Pineiro, V. 2023. Repurposing Agricultural Policies Scenarios for FSEC. Working Paper. Food System Economics Commission. https://foodsystemeconomics.org/wp-content/uploads/Laborde-Pineiro-2023-slides.pdf; Lord, S. 2022. Incurred and avoided external costs from the removal of agricultural trade barriers and farm sector subsidies. Background Report for the Food System Economic Commission. Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford; Springmann, M. & Freund, F. 2022. Options for reforming agricultural subsidies from health, climate, and economic perspectives. Nature Communications, 13(1): 82. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27645

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