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Macroeconomic Gains from Reforming the Agri-Food Sector: The Case of France

By Nicoletta Batini

February 26, 2019

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Nicoletta Batini. Macroeconomic Gains from Reforming the Agri-Food Sector: The Case of France, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed December 21, 2024

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Summary

France is the top agricultural producer in the European Union (EU), and agriculture plays a prominent role in the country’s foreign trade and intermediate exchanges. Reflecting production volumes and methods, the sector, however, also generates significant negative environmental and public health externalities. Recent model simulations show that a well-designed shift in production and consumption to make the former sustainable and align the latter with recommended values can curb these considerably and generate large macroeconomic gains. I propose a policy toolkit in line with the government’s existing sectoral policies that can support this transition.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural sector, Commodities, Consumption, Economic sectors, Environment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Health, National accounts

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural sector, Agriculture, Carbon reduction target, Climate change, Consumption, Diets, Et Alimentation, Europe, Export primacy, Externalities, Externality, FAO food balance sheet dataset, Farming, Farming method, Fiscal policy, Food, Food policy, Food waste, France, GHG emitter, Greenhouse gas emissions, Greening initiative, Growth, Milk production, Polyculture farming activity, Production, Production method, Production system, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    35

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2019/041

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2019041

  • ISBN:

    9781484397961

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941