The OECD Green Growth Strategy aims to provide concrete
recommendations and measurement tools, including indicators, to
support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and
development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to
provide the resources and environmental services on which well-
being relies. The strategy proposes a flexible policy framework
that can be tailored to different country circumstances and
stages of development. As part of the OECD Green Growth
Strategy, this new series aims to provide in-depth reviews of
the green growth issues faced by different sectors. The
agriculture and fisheries sectors have an important role to play
in contributing to greener growth, in particular through
facilitating the uptake of green technologies and management
practices and reducing waste in the food chain. This will
involve a range of policies, including: the reform of
environmentally harmful subsidies that distort efficient
resource use; freer international trade; shifting towards
targeted polici