The Pig Sector

Download or read book The Pig Sector written by Darryl Jones and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in a series of OECD studies which investigate trade policies, agricultural production and their impact on the environment. This study focuses on the pig sector in OECD countries and considers the most appropriate forms of policy intervention. It finds that production is expected to slow, if not contract, in OECD European and Asian countries, where government support for pig production in the form of tariffs and export subsidies is generally the highest, and environmental impacts on water and air pollution are of greatest concern. Therefore, liberalising trade is likely to generate some environmental benefits. Using comparative analysis, it also concludes that, while manure management regulations do differ among countries, the cost effect on pig producers is not significant in explaining differences in international competitiveness.