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| Freshwater, David. |
| Agricultural data systems remain based upon now obsolete concepts. In particular, the "full-time, family farm" is still organizing concepts for much of the farm data system, and for agricultural policies. Yet farming has clearly bifurcated into: a relatively small number of large farms that produce the majority of the food and fiber; and a large number of small part-time farms that depend mainly on off-farm income for household well-being. Both types are family farms, but they are not the family farms of the past. It is broadly recognized that large farms pose complex challenges for data collection and policy. But small farms are also complex. While small farms may not account for much production they are important for land use issues and for maintaining... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Data concepts; Farm policy; Agricultural policy; Canada; Data collection; Risk; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119473 |
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| Kendy, Eloise; Molden, David J.; Steenhuis, Tammo S.; Liu, Changming; Wang, Jinxia. |
| The report examines the relationships between agricultural policies in the North China Plain, the approaches to water management that evolved from them, the quantity of water that was actually used, and the consequent groundwater depletion beneath Luancheng County, Hebei Province, from 1949 to 2000. To systematically address these relationships, we use a comprehensive water-balance approach. Our results indicate that a single, longstanding policy-that of using groundwater to meet the crop-water requirements not supplied by precipitation-is responsible for the steady rate of groundwater decline. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Groundwater; Aquifers; Water shortage; Irrigation efficiency; Agricultural policy; Crop production; Wastewaters; Water management; Hydrology; Economic development; Crop yield; Cotton; Wheat; Sprinkler irrigation; Water conservation; Water use efficiency; Pumping; Water balance; Vegetables; Rural economy; Irrigated framing; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44560 |
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| Miller, J. Corey; Coble, Keith H.. |
| This study evaluates econometrically the effect of government support to agriculture on a measure of the affordability of food in 10 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The panel model we construct specifically utilizes two values calculated by the OECD: Producer Support Estimates as a percentage of gross farm receipts and the Consumer Nominal Protection Coefficient. These two variables represent transfers from taxpayers to agricultural producers through government programs and transfers from consumers to government through protectionist measures, respectively. By using dummy variables, we find implications for groups of countries on the basis of their relative levels of support and protection. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Obesity; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I18; Q18. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47196 |
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| Gilmour, Brad; Gurung, Rajendra Kumar. |
| With a population of about 1.1 billion, India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2030. India's economy ranks as Asia's third largest, after Japan and China, and is now one of the world's fastest growing. While growth has led to significant reductions in poverty, India still ranks among the world's low income countries in terms of income per capita. Nevertheless, economic growth has resulted in a burgeoning middle-class. India's agriculture sector accounts for 18% of GDP, and employs around 60% of the workforce. Rice, wheat, cotton, oilseeds, jute, tea, sugarcane, milk and potatoes are India's major agricultural commodities. With its growing urban middle-class and increasing influence in global affairs, India's policies... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: India; Economic growth; Agricultural policy; Water scarcity; Market regulations; Agriculture; Water; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46456 |
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| Schmitz, Andrew; Furtan, William Hartley; Schmitz, Troy G.. |
| Because of high commodity prices, beginning in 2006, subsidies to farmers in the United States, the European Union, and Canada have been reduced significantly. However, significant losses have been experienced by the red meat sector, along with escalating food prices. Because of rising input costs, the “farm boom” may not be as great as first thought. Ethanol made from corn and country-of-origin labeling cloud the U.S. policy scene. Higher commodity prices have caused some countries to lower tariff and non-tariff barriers, resulting in freer commodity trade worldwide. Policymakers should attempt to make these trade-barrier cuts permanent and should rethink current policy legislation to deal with the possibility of a collapse of world commodity markets.... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; High commodity prices; Input prices; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49862 |
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| El Benni, Nadja; Finger, Robert; Mann, Stefan. |
| The study examines the effect of agricultural policy reforms on income variability of Swiss farmers. The observed heterogeneity in income risks across farms and time is explained with farm and regional characteristics. FADN data are used to construct coefficients of variation of total household income and gross revenues at farm-level over the period 1992-2009. Applying linear mixed effect models the effects of off-farm income, direct payments, farm size, specialisation and liquidity on gross revenue and household income variability in three different production regions are measured. The switch from market-based support to direct payments decreased the variability of farm revenues and household income. Off-farm income has a positive and farm size a negative... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Income risk; Agricultural policy; Direct payments; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q14; Q18. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122532 |
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| Gundersen, Craig; Kuhn, Betsey A.; Offutt, Susan E.; Morehart, Mitchell J.. |
| Diverse needs and preferences across the United States provide justification for the devolution, or decentralization, of many Federal Government programs to the State or local level. The move toward devolution, however, has not been evidenced in U.S. agricultural policy, despite significant differences across States in such areas as commodity production, production costs, income distribution, and opportunities for off-farm work. The existing structure of USDA funding and program delivery already reflects an appreciation of the gains from devolution, with some programs accommodating differences in State and regional preferences. This report considers the implications of devolving $22 billion in 2003 budget outlays, mostly for domestic commodity and natural... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Public policy; Devolution; Agricultural policy; Program delivery; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33923 |
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| Singh, Mahesh Kumar; Kapuszta, Agnes; Fekete-Farkas, Maria. |
| The agriculture has an outstanding importance both in social and economic point of view, especially in the countries where the agriculture plays a vital role in economy. This paper mainly focuses on the situation in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). The share of agriculture in CEECs is more significant both in GDP and employment than in the old member states of EU. To be competitive on the single market, we have to know the advantages and disadvantages, strength and weakness of different sectors of agriculture. Traditionally, in these countries to measure the effectiveness, the partial factor analyses are used. To get more accurate overview, we need to use more wide technique to sampling measurement. This paper summarizes the measurement... |
| Tipo: Book |
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Effectiveness; Environment; Agricultural policy; Factor analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43317 |
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| Pereira, Ana Cibele; Carvalho, Fatima Marilia Andrade de; Conceicao, Junia Cristina Peres Rodrigues Da. |
| From the 1990s, in face of the smaller participation of the government in the economy and, consequently, in the agricultural sector, the government policy has carried out, as alternative, new support forms to the agriculture, with reduction of public resources. With regarding to the agricultural marketing, more modern instruments have been designed, involving the private sector, among them, the Sell Option Contracts, set up under the form of an insurance of prices for the farmers. In this study, it is analyzed the performance of that instrument for the wheat, rice and corn markets. It was detected, for all those markets, sensitive reduction of the government's participation in the agricultural marketing through the traditional instruments, in favor of... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Option contracts; Marketing; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55313 |
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| Streicher, Gerhard; Schmid, Erwin; Salhofer, Klaus. |
| This study presents a general model demonstrating how to measure the (in)efficiency of a policy intended to meet objectives. If it is assumed that the government has available only those policy instruments it actually utilizes, our method is a test as to whether the government combines these instruments efficiently. In addition, one could also include other policy instruments, which are not actually used, but are available to the government. Our general model is applied to bread grain policy in Austria. The primary result is that the policy was quite inefficient in meeting the two main objectives of farm income support and self-sufficiency. The stochastic nature of our efficiency measures is acknowledged by taking into account the inherent uncertainty of... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Policy efficiency; Statistical policy analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8613 |
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| Zobbe, Henrik. |
| The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was founded in the 1950s with price support as the main policy instrument. Despite massive criticism from both within and outside the EU, price support remains the backbone of the CAP. This paper argues that the choice of price support was logical viewed in both historical and economical perspectives, and gives three reasons for this. First, even though talks on agricultural integration began immediately after the war, the CAP was a result of general economic integration in Europe rather than the reason for it. Second, the structure of the CAP was determined by the agricultural policies of the six founding countries. The third and last reason is related to the economic characteristics of running a price support system.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; European economic history; Agricultural history; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; N44; N34. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24212 |
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| Bertelsmeier, Marcus; Kleinhanss, Werner; Offermann, Frank. |
| The FAL model group combines several market, regional and farm models for comprehensive policy impact assessments. Since 1996, policy impact analyses have been provided at the request of the German Agricultural Ministry with respect to the design of direct payments, the Agenda 2000, the Mid-term Review, the Enlargement of the EU as well as several other policy measures. This article gives an overview of the models available as part of the model group, specifically describes the design of the representative farm group model, and provides results with respect to the impacts of the Midterm Review. The paper ends with a discussion of the experiences gained in model based policy consulting and the implications for future developments. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Policy assessment; Models; Agricultural policy; Midterm review; Policy impact analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98358 |
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