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Issue of 2024‒02‒19
twenty-six papers chosen by |
| By: | Attavanich, Witsanu |
| Abstract: | This paper aims to review previous studies exploring the impact of climate change on Thailand’s food security and measure the co-benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation options. For the impact of climate change, most of the studies focused on crop production. They are mainly important cash crops such as paddy rice, cassava, and maize. Overall, climate change is projected to have a negative impact on the production of these crops. As a result, Thailand’s food security will not only be negatively affected by climate change, but global food security will also be sensitive to reductions in Thai crop production because Thailand is the world’s major exporter of these food crops. To reduce the impact of climate change, there are limited past studies that assessed cost of production and benefits of adaptation and mitigation options. Some options require temporary government support to encourage farmers to change their practices because it provides enormous co-benefit to society and environment. Several policies have been proposed to reduce the impact of climate change and promote adaptation and mitigation options across the country. |
| Keywords: | Climate change, Food security, Co-benefit, Impact, Adaptation, Mitigation, Thailand |
| JEL: | Q01 Q18 Q54 |
| Date: | 2023–01–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:119565&r=agr |
| By: | Aragie, Emerta; Gebretsadik, Yohannes |
| Abstract: | The Ethiopian economy relies predominantly on rainfed agriculture for income generation, export earnings, and rural livelihoods. However, the frequency and intensity of extreme ago-climatic events projected by climate scenarios suggest considerable and growing risks from climate change to the country’s agri-food systems and the overall economy. This study assesses the economic impacts of recurrent climate shocks on the Ethiopian economy to 2040. The results indicate that recurrent climate shocks will lead to a reduction in Ethiopia's cumulative GDP from 2020 to 2040 compared to a “no climate change†baseline. Specifically, extreme weather events could cumulatively cost Ethiopia up to 17 percent (or US$ 534.3 billion) in GDP between 2020 and 2040 compared to a no-climate change baseline. The weight of the economic loss is concentrated in the agricultural production sector, with rural households and poorer households in urban areas being worst affected. Strategic investments in irrigation infrastructure and in hydroelectricity generation are found to be effective in mitigating some of the damage caused by recurrent climate variability. |
| Keywords: | rainfed farming; agriculture; income; exports; livelihoods; rural population; climate change; agrifood systems; extreme weather events; water; energy; computable general equilibrium models; ETHIOPIA; EAST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA |
| Date: | 2023 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:ifprid:2220&r=agr |
| By: | Charlotte Emlinger (CEPII - Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales - Centre d'analyse stratégique); Karine Latouche (SMART - Structures et Marché Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) |
| Keywords: | Non-tariff-Measures, Quality, Export competitiveness |
| Date: | 2023–08–29 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04329817&r=agr |
| By: | Elena M. Martinez; Nicole Tichenor Blackstone; Parke E. Wilde; Anna W. Herforth; William A. Masters |
| Abstract: | Affordability is often seen as a barrier to consuming sustainable diets. This study provides the first worldwide test of how retail food prices relate to empirically estimated environmental impacts and nutritional profile scores between and within food groups. We use prices for 811 retail food items commonly sold in 181 countries during 2011 and 2017, matched to estimated carbon and water footprints and nutritional profiles, to test whether healthier and more environmentally sustainable foods are more expensive between and within food groups. We find that within almost all groups, less expensive items have significantly lower carbon and water footprints. Associations are strongest for animal source foods, where each 10% lower price is associated with 20 grams lower CO2-equivalent carbon and 5 liters lower water footprint per 100kcal. Gradients between price and nutritional profile vary by food group, price range, and nutritional attribute. In contrast, lower-priced items have lower nutritional value in only some groups over some price ranges, and that relationship is sometimes reversed. These findings reveal opportunities to reduce financial and environmental costs of diets, contributing to transitions towards healthier, more environmentally sustainable food systems. |
| Date: | 2024–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2401.13159&r=agr |
| By: | Phoebe Koundouri; Angelos Alamanos; Jeffrey D Sachs |
| Abstract: | Multiple challenges have emerged over the last decades, threatening human, socio-economic and environmental systems. Climate change impacts, degradation of limited natural resources, unsustainable demand, production and consumption practices, diseases, crises in the energy, food and biodiversity sectors, economic recessions, and many more, interconnected dynamic threats, require coordinated and efficient solutions. Under the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) we developed the Global Climate Hub (GCH), an international initiative for tackling such challenges. After 12 years of SDSN's action, we present the structure and ways of operation of the GCH, along with the principles that allow it to successfully bridge holistic scientific approaches with the society, for implementing fair and publicly acceptable sustainable pathways. The GCH's five innovations are analyzed, namely, the use of integrated 'cutting-edge models', with the support of 'digital AI-driven data-handling infrastructure', for the development of case-specific 'socio-economic narratives' and 'stakeholder engagement' for co-designing solutions. Moreover, the nine units of the GCH are scrutinized in terms of scope, methods, and tools. These cover a wide range of expertise in digital applications, climate science, energy, transport, land, water, food, biodiversity, and marine systems, public health, solutions' application, policy, finance, labour markets, participatory approaches, education and training. This contribution provides a complete picture of a global, developing - and successful so far - vision for a climate-neutral, resilient and sustainable world. |
| Keywords: | Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Global Climate Hub, Climate change, Sustainability, Integrated Assessment Models, Policy, Interdisciplinarity. |
| Date: | 2024–02–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aue:wpaper:2403&r=agr |
| By: | Cédric Gaillard (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Cirad-ES - Département Environnements et Sociétés - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement); Marie Dervillé (LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville) |
| Abstract: | India's dairy sector has emerged as the world's largest dairy producer and has enabled 70 million farmers to generate income through its rapid growth. This success is linked to broad national policy support through the Operation Flood program and the emergence of an inclusive model of cooperatives. However, the informal sector is still the marketing channel most used by dairy producers, and with the liberalization of the dairy sector, the cooperative model is also facing competition from the private sector. By surveying 244 dairy farmers in two major but heterogeneous states in India, this paper examines the inclusiveness of the sector and the impact of dairy cooperative membership on farmers' income and livelihood. The originality of the paper concerns its systematic perspective on households' assets and activities. The results indicate that cooperative membership is associated with caste membership and farmers collection centers. Better incomes are associated with membership, particularly among farmers with less land and among smallholders, who are more dependent on their dairy income to lift themselves out of poverty. |
| Keywords: | Indian dairy sector, Cooperative, Smallholders, Livelihoods, Poverty reduction |
| Date: | 2022–02 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03483394&r=agr |
| By: | Kehoe, Timothy |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Agricultural Finance, Consumer/Household Economics, International Relations/Trade |
| Date: | 2024–01–23 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iats19:339300&r=agr |
| By: | Janvier Mwisha-Kasiwa (University of Goma, the DRC); Cédrick Kalemasi-Mosengo (University of Kinshasa, the DRC); Oasis Kodila-Tedika (University of Kinshasa, the DRC) |
| Abstract: | Using data from the DRC Demographic and Health Survey, this study examines the empirical linkages between access to agricultural land and nutritional outcomes by examining gender differences. Results suggest significant effects of access to agricultural land on nutritional outcomes in the full sample, in the male and female-headed households’ subsamples as well. However, gender differences are reported. Access to agricultural land appears to be a significant determinant of improved children dietary diversity among female-headed households (FHH), it is also associated with a significant increase in the children height-for-age z-score in the male-headed households (MHH). Moreover, access to agricultural land positively affects the women’s likelihood of having a normal body mass index the male-headed households; and finally, the study finds that accesses to agricultural land is linked with a significant decrease in the risk of women anaemia among the female-headed households. Since then, we argue that access to agricultural land by MHHs may be beneficial for long-term nutrition indicators while it is more beneficial for short-term nutrition measures among FHHs. |
| Keywords: | Access to agricultural land, dietary diversity, nutrition status, gender, DRC |
| JEL: | C35 D13 I12 J16 Q12 Q15 |
| Date: | 2023–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:agd:wpaper:23/075&r=agr |
| By: | Agbekponou, Kossi Messanh; Fusacchia, Ilaria |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Demand and Price Analysis, International Relations/Trade |
| Date: | 2023–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:assa24:339553&r=agr |
| By: | Monia El Akkari (ECOSYS - Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Nosra Ben Fradj (UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Benoît Gabrielle (ECOSYS - Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Sylvestre Njakou Djomo (ECOSYS - Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, ICBMS - Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - CPE - École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon - INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon - Université de Lyon - INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - INC-CNRS - Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Abstract: | Bioethanol is promoted as a means of tackling climate change, diversifying energy sources and securing energy supply. However, there also concerns that their wider deployment could lead to unintended environmental consequences. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely used methodology to assess the environmental performance of biofuels. However, its outcomes strongly depend on the inventory data and modeling assumptions. Agronomic variables such as crop yields, nitrogen fertilizer rates or field emissions of nitrous oxide are very sensitive inputs, as are soil carbon dynamics in response to land use changes (LUC) entailed by the deployment of energy crops. Models simulating agroecosystem processes and the economics of agricultural farms are promising tools to predict such variables and improve the reliability of LCA. Here, we combined the agro-ecosystem model CERES-EGC, the farm economic model AROPAj and the LCA approach to investigate the effect of local drivers on the environmental impacts of bioethanol from miscanthus and switchgrass over France. Overall, lignocellulosic bioethanol achieved GHG abatement targets in the 74 %–94 % range compared to gasoline, and complied with the 50 % minimum imposed by European regulations. Miscanthus-based ethanol achieved up to twice lower environmental impacts than switchgrass due to 50 % higher biomass yields overall. Low fertilizer N input rates (in the 0-30 kg N ha-1 yr-1 range) proved the most efficient strategy to optimize energy return. Significant inter-regional variability occurred, especially in terms of soil C sequestration rates, which weighed in substantially on GHG budgets. Some regions were more efficient than others as a result, which advocates a site-specific approach and a potential prioritization when planning biorefineries, taking into account local production and environmental performance potentials. Compared to previous studies, ours provided high-resolution data in terms of crop yields, nitrous oxide emissions and soil C dynamics, factoring in LUC effects at local to regional scales. |
| Abstract: | Le bioéthanol est présenté comme un moyen de lutter contre le changement climatique, de diversifier les sources d'énergie et de garantir l'approvisionnement énergétique. Toutefois, on craint que son déploiement à plus grande échelle n'entraîne des conséquences environnementales imprévues. L'analyse du cycle de vie (ACV) est une méthodologie largement utilisée pour évaluer les performances environnementales des biocarburants. Toutefois, ses résultats dépendent fortement des données d'inventaire et des hypothèses de modélisation. Les variables agronomiques telles que le rendement des cultures, les taux d'engrais azotés ou les émissions d'oxyde nitreux dans les champs sont des données très sensibles, tout comme la dynamique du carbone du sol en réponse aux changements d'utilisation des sols entraînés par le déploiement des cultures énergétiques. Les modèles simulant les processus agroécosystémiques et l'économie des exploitations agricoles sont des outils prometteurs pour prédire ces variables et améliorer la fiabilité de l'ACV. Ici, nous avons combiné le modèle agro-écosystémique CERES-EGC, le modèle économique agricole AROPAj et l'approche ACV pour étudier l'effet des facteurs locaux sur les impacts environnementaux du bioéthanol produit à partir de miscanthus et de switchgrass en France. Dans l'ensemble, le bioéthanol lignocellulosique a atteint des objectifs de réduction des GES de l'ordre de 74 à 94 % par rapport à l'essence, et a respecté le minimum de 50 % imposé par les réglementations européennes. L'éthanol à base de miscanthus a eu jusqu'à deux fois moins d'impact sur l'environnement que le panic érigé, grâce à des rendements en biomasse globalement supérieurs de 50 %. Les faibles taux d'apport d'engrais N (de l'ordre de 0 à 30 kg N ha-1 an-1) se sont révélés être la stratégie la plus efficace pour optimiser le rendement énergétique. Une importante variabilité interrégionale a été observée, notamment en ce qui concerne les taux de piégeage du carbone dans le sol, ce qui a eu un impact considérable sur les bilans de GES. Certaines régions étaient donc plus efficaces que d'autres, ce qui plaide en faveur d'une approche spécifique au site et d'une priorisation potentielle lors de la planification des bioraffineries, en tenant compte des potentiels locaux de production et de performance environnementale. Par rapport aux études précédentes, la nôtre a fourni des données à haute résolution en termes de rendement des cultures, d'émissions d'oxyde nitreux et de dynamique du carbone dans le sol, en tenant compte des effets de l'utilisation durable de l'espace à l'échelle locale et régionale. |
| Keywords: | Life-cycle assessment, Bioethanol Regionalization Economic models, GHG emissions, Perennial energy crops, Life-cycle assessment Bioethanol Regionalization Economic models GHG emissions Perennial energy crops |
| Date: | 2023 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04369771&r=agr |
| By: | Navarro, Adoracion M. |
| Abstract: | Land use misgovernance in the Philippines arises due to the non-institutionalization of a national-level framework for land use and the lack of harmonization of sector-specific laws on land resources. But the effort to push for a National Land Use Act (NaLUA) is almost three decades old, and advocates are finding it hard to hurdle the legislative mill. This study establishes that to strengthen the push to enact a NaLUA, advocates need to employ a transdisciplinary approach and deepen, through updated data and evidence, the appreciation by policymakers and stakeholders of the arguments for having this legislation. The review of the theoretical foundations for land use analysis explains the evolution of land use analysis and the principles for land use governance. It also implies that a transdisciplinary approach is needed in advocating for a NaLUA. The assessment of data and pieces of evidence on conflicting land uses, land use misgovernance, and inadequacies of existing mechanisms for dealing with land use problems bolster the case for having a NaLUA. Insights of stakeholders during focus group discussions and key informant interviews confirm the findings from the assessment of data. Thus, the study concludes that enacting a NaLUA and ensuring it is implemented through an appropriate institutional mechanism can help resolve land use conflicts in the country. In addition, it can support greater and sustainable value addition in the economy through land use optimization. Comments to this paper are welcome within 60 days from the date of posting. Email publications@pids.gov.ph. |
| Keywords: | land use;land use analysis;land use changes;land use conflicts;land use planning;land use governance;National Land Use Act |
| Date: | 2023 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:phd:dpaper:dp_2023-40&r=agr |
| By: | Abdelhadi Benghalem (Oran Graduate School of Economics); Samir B. Maliki (University of Tlemcen and ERF Research Fellow); Ouieme Sour (University of Tlemcen and ERF Research Associate) |
| Abstract: | Although a considerable body of research has examined the relationship between information and communication technology and the food production process, less attention has been paid to whether internet utilization impacts food production in North African countries. This research seeks to investigate the short- and long-run relationship between internet utilization and food production in North Africa. Yearly datasets from four countries (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco) are used, covering the period 1990-2021. Given that the tested series are of mixed integrated levels of I (0) and I (I), the study employs a panel autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. The results show that internet usage and access to electricity favorably influence the food production index in both the long and short run. In the short run, food imports do not exhibit any significant effect on food production. In the long-run nexus, a considerable negative impact from food imports to food production is evident. The study concludes that internet usage represents a vital driver of food production and should be further strengthened by raising awareness of its importance in promoting food productivity among North African food producers. On the other hand, these results serve as a reminder for North African countries to establish a harmonious equilibrium between domestic food production and food imports. |
| Date: | 2023–12–20 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:erg:wpaper:1690&r=agr |
| By: | Carole Maurel (MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM - Université de Montpellier); Foued Cheriet (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, IHEV Institut des hautes études de la vigne et du vin - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier) |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we aim at assessing the effects of the 2019-2020 context (Covid 19, Brexit, Trump Tariffs) on exporting activities of wine companies, relying on a survey carried out on French exporting wine companies. The aim is also to observe possible different effects on independent wineries and cooperatives. On a theoretical level, we adopt the institutional approach often mobilized in the field of international management which we will complete with recent work on the effects of disturbances in the institutional context and crisis management. Five main results have been obtained: (1) effects that were generally mastered by both independent wineries and cooperatives; (2) additional pressure on exports from the domestic market; (3) contrasting effects of changes in the institutional environment, with marked importance for disruptions due to the health crisis; (4) significant and differentiated adaptations of companies, and finally, (5) a distinct resilience according to territorial anchoring and export strategies with marked differences between independent wineries and cooperatives. |
| Keywords: | Crisis, Wine, Exports, France, Cooperatives, Independent wine growers, Institutional environment |
| Date: | 2023–12–15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04395230&r=agr |
| By: | Adel Ben Youssef (UCA - Université Côte d'Azur); Mounir Dahmani (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Côte d'Azur, UGAF - Université de Gafsa - Sidi Ahmed Zarroug); Mohamed Mabrouki |
| Abstract: | In a world increasingly threatened by climate change and its associated risks, there's an urgent need to actively seek solutions for environmental protection and sustainable economic development. Central to this effort is understanding the role of environmental taxes and productive capacities in shaping environmental outcomes. Focusing on countries within the European Economic Area (EEA), this research uses advanced second-generation econometric techniques to examine this relationship. The use of cross-sectional autoregressive distributive lag (CS-ARDL) and dynamic common correlated effects (DCCE) models allows for a robust examination of panel data and provides reliable results. The results reveal an inverted U-shaped relationship, or Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), between GDP growth and environmental degradation in the EEA economies. Furthermore, while our data reveal a significant negative correlation between environmental taxes and CO2 emissions, we find that productive capacities have a more significant impact on reducing these emissions. These findings call for further research into the effectiveness of policies to support productive capacities in achieving environmental protection goals in the EEA. |
| Date: | 2023–08–24 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04374202&r=agr |
| By: | David Escamilla-Guerrero; Andrea Papadia; Ariell Zimran |
| Abstract: | The effects of immigration are reasonably well understood in developed countries, but they are far more poorly understood in developing ones despite the importance of these countries as immigrant destinations. We address this shortcoming by studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context benefits from the widely recognized value of historical perspective in studies of the effects of immigration. But unlike studies that focus on the United States to understand the effects of migration from poor to rich countries, our context is informative of developing countries’ experience because Brazil in this period was unique among major migrant destinations as a low-income country with a large agricultural sector and weak institutions. Instrumenting for a municipality’s immigrant share using the interaction of aggregate immigrant inflows and the expansion of Brazil’s railway network, we find that a greater immigrant share in a municipality led to an increase in farm values. We show that the bulk of the effect of immigration can be explained by more intense cultivation of land, which we attribute to temporary immigrants exerting greater labor effort than natives. Finally, we find that it is unlikely that immigration’s effect on agriculture slowed Brazil’s structural transformation. |
| Date: | 2024–01–31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oxf:esohwp:_211&r=agr |
| By: | - |
| Abstract: | Climate change is increasingly evident and is having damaging repercussions. Latin America and the Caribbean is no exception, and is in fact one of the most vulnerable regions, with droughts, forest fires and extreme storms increasing in frequency and intensity. This is occurring amid the backdrop of low growth in the region, reflected in a decade of stagnation, that jeopardizes the progress made in terms of development and, above all, limits the countries’ ability to improve the well-being of their populations in a sustainable manner. At this crossroads, climate action offers an opportunity to boost growth and innovation, create jobs and better integrate countries of the region into the global economy. The investments, plans and policies required to tackle the climate crisis may also help to achieve economic and social goals. This document outlines the overall economic impacts of climate change and describes regional mitigation and adaptation commitments. On that basis, an estimate is made of the required investments, examining the specific polices being developed in the region to enable them. |
| Date: | 2023–11–30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ecr:col022:68712&r=agr |
| By: | Fadia Panosetti; Laurence Roudart |
| Date: | 2023–11–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/364796&r=agr |
| By: | Miguel à ngel Borrella-Mas, Jaime Millán-Quijano, Anastasia Terskaya |
| Keywords: | Cash transfers, labeling effect, food vouchers, randomized control trial. |
| JEL: | D04 I24 I38 O12 |
| Date: | 2023–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nva:unnvaa:wp04-2023&r=agr |
| By: | Harleman, Max; Weber, Jeremy G. |
| Abstract: | A core public administration literature seeks to understand whether decentralized collective action institutions will emerge to provide public goods, such as management of environmental resources. Few studies examine how they perform relative to the state at providing public goods, and they fail to account for the possibility that the state might self-select into providing public goods in the most challenging contexts. If it does, finding that the state performs worse than collective action institutions could reflect its more challenging context rather than differences in knowledge, skill, or motivation. We examine several quantitative measures of performance in remediating polluted water discharges from abandoned coal mines in Pennsylvania, a task sometimes done by the state and sometimes by nonprofit watershed associations. We find that the two types of institutions address discharges with generally similar water quality problems and build systems that yield similar initial improvements in water quality. But watershed association systems better maintain effectiveness at reducing acidity and removing heavy metals over time. The findings suggest a role for sustained public investment in collective action institutions to address complex and enduring environmental problems. |
| Keywords: | collective action, abandoned mines, water quality, decentralization |
| JEL: | H4 Q5 |
| Date: | 2023–12–22 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:119861&r=agr |
| By: | Konstantinos Mattas; Michail Tsagris; Vangelis Tzouvelekas (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece) |
| Abstract: | he paper develops a novel synthetic population generation scheme to deal with the NPS pollution problem of nitrate leaching from agricultural farms. The scheme relies upon estimation of the joint distribution of the variables using Bayesian network learning which, coupled with the use of non-parametric regression models facilitate the generation of realistic synthetic populations. Then building upon the sequential GME model suggested by Kaplan et al., (2003) in line with the multiple production relations model suggested by Murty et al., (2012) we obtain econometric estimates of both the production technology and nature's residual generating mechanism for the synthetic population of farms. These estimates are used to proxy a reliable optimal taxation scheme that corresponds to local environmental and economic conditions. The methodology is applied to the Greek FADN dataset for the Greek NUTS II region of Thessaly during the 2017-18 cropping year. |
| Keywords: | nitrate leaching, multiple production relations, Generalized Maximum Entropy, synthetic population generation, Bayesian network learning |
| JEL: | C40 Q53 Q24 Q25 |
| Date: | 2024–02–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crt:wpaper:2401&r=agr |
| By: | Catherine Belloc; Marie-Jeanne Guénin; Mily Leblanc-Maridor; Anne Hemonic; Nathalie Rousset; Yannick Carré; Charles Facon; Philippe Le Coz; Jocelyn Marguerie; Jean-Marc Petiot; Maxime Jarnoux; Mathilde Paul; Sophie Molia; Christian Ducrot (UMR ASTRE - Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) |
| Abstract: | Antibiotic use has fallen by almost 50% in the French poultry and pig sectors in the last 15 years. However, the degree of change has varied among farms, and the introduction of antibiotic-free labels by retailors has sometimes resulted in an excessive reduction in antibiotic use, to the detriment of animal health and welfare. To improve antibiotic use, a participatory approach was applied that brought together representatives of veterinarians, the pig and poultry sectors, technical institutes, the Ministry of Agriculture, and researchers. This paper presents the main stages of the process and their results, concerning the long-term vision shared by the group about antibiotic use on farms and analysis of the obstacles that need to be lifted to move towards this shared objective. The results show, among other things, the importance of standardizing and disseminating systems for monitoring, at the farm level, animal health and welfare, antibiotic use and the level of resistance to antibiotics, in order to allow farmers and veterinarians to precisely monitor the antibiotic use. Other fields of action concern (i) the need for better communication and consumer information on the issues of animal health, welfare and the proper use of antibiotics, and (ii) the issues of the economic competitiveness of the sector and the economic viability of farms that want to invest in prevention. |
| Abstract: | L'utilisation d'antibiotiques a diminué de près de 50 % dans les filières avicoles et porcines françaises en 15 ans. Cependant, cette évolution a été plus ou moins importante selon les élevages, et la mise en place de labels « sans antibiotiques » a pu se traduire dans certains cas par des excès de réduction d'usage des antibiotiques, au détriment de la santé et du bien-être des animaux. Pour avancer dans la rationalisation du recours aux antibiotiques, une démarche participative a été menée, associant des représentants des vétérinaires praticiens, des interprofessions porcine et avicole, des instituts techniques, du ministère de l'agriculture et des chercheurs. L'article présente les étapes majeures de la démarche et leurs résultats concernant la vision à long terme sur l'utilisation des antibiotiques en élevage et l'analyse des verrous à lever pour avancer. Les résultats montrent, entre autres, l'importance de la standardisation et de la diffusion de dispositifs de suivi de (i) la santé et le bien-être des animaux, (ii) l'utilisation des antibiotiques et (iii) le niveau de résistance aux antibiotiques, à l'échelle de la ferme. Ceci permettra aux éleveurs et vétérinaires de piloter avec précision l'usage des antibiotiques. Les deux autres champs d'action du collectif concernent (i) le besoin d'une meilleure communication et information des consommateurs sur la question de la santé animale, du bien-être et du bon usage des antibiotiques et (ii) la question de la compétitivité économique de la filière et la viabilité économique des exploitations qui veulent investir en prévention. |
| Keywords: | Antibiotic, Pig, Poultry, antibiotique, porc, volaille |
| Date: | 2023–01–31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04275501&r=agr |
| By: | Osiris Jorge Parcero; Emiliano Villanueva |
| Abstract: | By using an econometric approach this paper looks at the evolution of the world wine industry in the period 1961-2005. A particular stylized fact is the appearance of nontraditional producing and exporting countries of wine from the beginning of the nineties. We show that the success of these new producing and exporting countries can be explained by the importance of the demand from non-producing countries with little or no tradition of wine consumption, relative to the world demand. This stylized fact is consistent with a testable implication of the switching cost literature and to the best of our knowledge this is the first time that this implication is tested. |
| Date: | 2024–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2401.04696&r=agr |
| By: | Lembregts, Christophe; Cadario, Romain |
| Abstract: | A systematic review of green consumer behaviors in five prominent consumer research journals revealed that behaviors with greater potential for climate mitigation (e.g., plant-based consumption) have not been broadly studied, indicating promising opportunities for future research. In an exploratory survey, we conceptually replicate this finding using a sample of consumer researchers with a general interest in studying higher-potential behaviors. We consider evidence for potential explanations, such as researchers’ primary focus on construct-to-construct mapping, a tendency to study behaviors that researchers have personal experience with or are easy to implement, a lack of incentives to study higher-potential behaviors, and insufficient knowledge of mitigation potential. To help shift consumer researchers’ focus on higher-potential behaviors, we offer concrete recommendations, such as proactively considering mitigation potential both as authors and reviewers, and utilizing phenomenon-to-construct mapping for enhancing theoretical contributions. In sum, we hope that this research will help interested consumer researchers to provide more relevant answers to the urgent challenge of climate change mitigation. |
| Date: | 2024–01–19 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:ywus6&r=agr |
| By: | Mounir Dahmani (GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Côte d'Azur, UGAF - Université de Gafsa - Sidi Ahmed Zarroug) |
| Abstract: | The surge in economic and human development has led to increasing concerns about environmental degradation, thus necessitating effective strategies to enhance sustainability and environmental quality. Therefore, this study empirically examines the impact of environmental fiscal policies, environmental technologies, and research and development (R&D) expenditures on achieving environmental sustainability in the G7 countries. Using advanced econometric techniques, including the Cross-Sectionally Augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lags (CS-ARDL) model and the Dynamic Common Correlated Effects (DCCE) approach, the study identifies both short-run and long-run correlations between the aforementioned variables and their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Our findings confirm the inverted U-shaped Kuznets Curve relationship and reinforce the previous literature on the complex dynamics between economic growth and GHG emissions specific to developed countries. The research also supports the effectiveness of well-designed environmental taxes in reducing environmental degradation and GHG emissions, consistent with and extending existing studies in this area. In addition, the study provides empirical evidence of the critical role of environmental technologies and targeted R&D expenditures in improving environmental quality. In terms of policy implications, our research underscores the urgency for policymakers in the G7 countries to fine-tune environmental taxation mechanisms and increase investment in sustainable technological solutions. Specific recommendations include the development of more efficient tax systems that adhere to the polluter-pays principle, as well as financial incentives such as tax credits and subsidies aimed at accelerating green technology adoption and innovation. In doing so, the study seeks to contribute to the broader discourse on environmental policy and sustainable development, providing valuable perspectives for both the academic community and policy actors |
| Keywords: | Environmental taxes, Environment-related technologies, Public environmentally related R&D expenditure, Environmental sustainability, G7 countries, CS-ARDL, DCCE |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04374168&r=agr |
| By: | Chatzinikolaou, Dimos (Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics); Vlados, Charis (Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics) |
| Abstract: | This study explores the physiological evolution of entrepreneurship in the Robola PDO wine sector in Cephalonia, Greece, utilizing the Stra.Tech.Man Scorecard as a diagnostic tool. Focusing on micro-firms producing and marketing the Robola PDO wine variety, the research provides insights into the executives’ self-assessments of their strategic, technological, and management adaptation efforts from 2017 to 2021. The findings indicate that these firms exhibit a strong strategic ambition to improve their competitiveness, but encounter obstacles in technology and networking operations, as well as limitations in developing their human resources and their overall management methodologies. Furthermore, the study reveals that the companies’ innovation potential was enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study highlights the potential for developing a sophisticated regional wine brand and underscores the role of innovative entrepreneurs and government support in fostering a competitive and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. |
| Keywords: | Business physiology; Stra.Tech.Man Scorecard; Cephalonian Robola |
| JEL: | B52 L10 L66 |
| Date: | 2023–12–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:duthrp:2023_002&r=agr |
| By: | Alderman, Harold; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Leight, Jessica; Mulford, Michael; Tambet, Heleene |
| Abstract: | Graduation model interventions seek to address multiple barriers constraining households’ exit from poverty, however, few explicitly target unequal gender norms. Using a randomized control trial design, combined with three rounds of data, we investigate the impacts on gender equitable attitudes and behaviors of a graduation program that seeks to simultaneously “push†households out of poverty and improve unequal gender norms in Ethiopia. We find that at midline all treatment arms lead to improvements in men’s gender equitable attitudes and their engagement in household domestic tasks as reported by both men and women; but at endline, impacts are only sustained in the treatment arms that introduced men’s engagement groups after the midline survey to further promote improvements in equitable gender norms. |
| Keywords: | gender norms; men; poverty; households; gender equity; behaviour; men's engagement; ETHIOPIA; EAST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA |
| Date: | 2023 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:ifprid:2212&r=agr |