United Nations Environment Programme
Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics
Economics and Trade Branch

Preparatory Workshop on Integrated Assessment of Trade Liberalization in the Agriculture Sector

11 February 2002, Geneva, Switzerland

This preparatory workshop gathered Geneva-based experts in the assessment of the environmental and related economic and social effects of trade-related policies in the agricultural sector, to discuss the design of a new set of country projects to be launched in March 2002.

The following issues were addressed during the workshop:

  1. Which crop/sector is the most suitable to show clear environmental impacts?

  2. How does the sustainable development priority of the country play the role in designing the assessment?

  3. Which countries could be representative samples of the different policy priorities at the WTO negotiation?

The meeting contributed to the selection of the third set of country projects to be determined at the next meeting in March 2002.