OECD Compendium of Agri-environmental Indicators
Agriculture can have significant impacts on the environment as it uses on average over 40% of water and land resources in OECD countries. The impacts occur on and off farm, including both pollution and degradation of soil, water and air. But agriculture also supplies ecosystem services, such as biodiversity, provides a sink for greenhouse gases, and contributes to flood control and the aesthetic value of landscapes.
This compendium updates the data issued in Environmental Performance of Agriculture at a Glance and 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 34 OECD countries.
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Overview
This chapter presents the objectives, scope, and structure of the report. It examines the coverage and methodology relating to the data underlying the OECD agri-environmental indicators, their main caveats and limitations, and an assessment according to the four OECD criteria of: policy relevance, analytical soundness, measurability and interpretability. The chapter also provides a summary of the main trends of the environmental performances of agriculture in the OECD area since 1990.
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