Trends and Drivers of Agri-environmental Performance in OECD Countries
This report updates the data published in the 2015 OECD Compendium of Agri-environmental
Indicators to present a summary of the environmental performance of agriculture in
OECD countries as of end-2015. It also includes new and innovative material to further
strengthen its relevance as a reference document. In particular, the four thematic
chapters each cover a targeted set of indicators for which data coverage is generally
more consistent across time in OECD countries and that capture the main pressures
agriculture exerts on the environment. The thematic chapters cover the following areas:
the interlinked issues of land use, pesticides and farmland birds; ammonia and greenhouse
gas emissions, the main air pollutants from agricultural activities; nitrogen and
phosphorus balances, two indicators that signal air and water pollution; and water
use and irrigation in agriculture.
Published on December 02, 2019