The EU integration process is a highly complex process that involves the design and implementation of reforms in a wide range of areas. Although all of the Western Balkan (WB) countries are at different stages of development, they face similar challenges in policy reform and harmonisation, information systems and economic development, coupled with general underdevelopment and limited institutional capacity, which continue to obstruct the reform processes of the Western Balkans. In this context, adopting new policy instruments and approximating them to the EU acquis in agriculture and rural development requires the development of approaches for agricultural data analysis to shed light on what impacts the adopted policies may have on the farming sector. This will allow better understanding of the effectiveness and efficiency of adopted policies and thus can provide scientifically based support to policy making.^More comprehensive knowledge of the effects of individual policy measures on the development of the agricultural sector would allow both national support schemes and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD) to be better targeted. In addition to the policy requirement for integrating the WB countries into the EU, extended regional cooperation is most important for future relations with the EU. It is an essential means of strengthening agriculture and rural development and consequently enhancing economic growth of the region. The main objectives of the report are to monitor and evaluate the current agricultural policy instruments in the WB countries and to compare them with the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The report covers three main aspects in relation to its aims and objectives: - It provides information on developments in the national agriculture policies of WB countries and compares them with EU CAP policies.^- It provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the national agricultural policy instruments and their effects on the food/farming sector. - It analyses the state of harmonisation of agricultural policies of the WB countries with the CAP. The report is a result of continuous work in the region carried out in close cooperation between policy makers and research institutions in the WB countries. The report provides comprehensive information about and analyses of agricultural policy development in the WB countries to support policy making as well as to give a solid basis for future cooperation and continued dynamic dialogue between policy makers and the research community.