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Abstract
There is a growing consensus among developed economies about the significance of
non-commodity outputs of agriculture, such as its environmenal and spatial impacts, and
its contribution towards employment and viability of rural areas. It however remains
open, which of these functions (often referred as attributes of multifunctional agriculture)
provide plausible arguments for public support towards agriculture and acceptance by
international trade partners. The paper attempts to assess, which attributes of
multifunctional agriculture are acceptable to international trade partners and can
therefore be provided with assisence of agricultural policy mechanisms. In principle, none
of the attributes of multifunstional agriculture is contestable in the actual multilateral
trade negotiations, as long as support will remain market-neutral.