SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Ciaschini, Maurizio; Severini, Francesca; Socci, Claudio; Pretaroli, Rosita.

In the last decade, as many other European countries, the Italian Government adopted several reforms in order to increase the use of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). The liberalization of the electricity market that represents one of these reforms aims to reach environmental benefits from the substitution of fossil fuel with renewable sources. The Italian Green Certificate market was introduced in 2002 in order to accomplish this objective and represents a mechanism where a quota of renewable electricity is imposed to suppliers in proportion to their sales. The electricity industries are obliged to meet this condition by producing the quantity of renewable electricity by means of a change in their production process, otherwise they must buy a number of...

Macro Economic Impacts of Installing Rice Husk Electricity Power Plants in Thailand

Palavras-chave: Environmental Policy; Hybrid I-O model; Macro Multiplier; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C67; E23; Q43; Q48.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94741

Kunimitsu, Yoji; Ueda, Tatsuki.

Macro economic impacts of rice-husk power plants (RHPP) in Thailand were analyzed by an Input/Output method. Results show that RHPP decreased sensitivity coefficients especially in the petroleum-sector, economic merits were realized in the agricultural-sector but total induced production effects were lowered, and induced imports by consumption were reduced with RHPP.

Relações sinérgicas e efeitos sobre a produção setorial no sistema inter-regional Paraná-Restante do Brasil

Palavras-chave: I/O analysis; Sensitivity coefficient; Oil price; Biomass resource use; Crop Production/Industries; C67; O13; Q20; Q42; Q43.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35257

Rodrigues, Rossana Lott; Moretto, Antonio Carlos; Sesso Filho, Umberto Antonio; Kureski, Ricardo.

The present article has as objective to calculate and to analyze the level of the synergic interactions and the overflow of the multiplying effect of the sectorial production between Parana and the Rest of Brazil (Brazil except Parana), using interregional systems of input-output estimated for the years of 1995 and 2000. The main results showed that: a) the dependence of the production of Parana in relation to the flow of trade with the Rest of Brazil raised from 25% in 1995 to 33% in 2000; b) only 1.36% of the production of the Rest of Brazil depended on the flow of input (goods and services) between this and Parana in 1995, reducing this dependence to 0,56% in 2000; c) the overflowing average of the multiplier effect of the production of the sectors of...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Input-output; Synergic interactions; Overflow of the production; Regional economy.; Agribusiness; C67; D57; R15.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61228

Effects of Tourism Upon the Economy of Small and Medium-Sized European Cities. Cultural Tourists and “The Others”

del Corpo, Barbara; Gasparino, Ugo; Bellini, Elena; Malizia, William.

The paper presents the results of the application of an Input-Output-based approach for the estimation of direct, indirect and induced effects of tourist spending on local economies, in a static partial equilibrium setting. The methodology has been successfully applied in three case studies – Bergen (Norway), Elche (Spain), Syracuse (Italy) –, in the framework of the 6th FP project PICTURE (Pro-active management of the Impact of Cultural Tourism upon Urban Resources and Economies), in order to quantify the monetary impact of cultural tourism upon urban economies. The analysis was carried out in two major steps: firstly, interviews to tourists in each case study city, in order to estimate the scale and variability of the spending patterns of different...

The Potential Economic and Environmental Costs of GHG Mitigation Measures for Cattle Sectors in Northern Ireland

Palavras-chave: Tourism; Cultural Tourism; Economic Impacts; Input-Output Analysis; C67; R15; L83; D12.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37522

Minihan, Erin S.; Wu, Ziping.

National greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategy can benefit from information on the technical and economic viability of abatement options. The life-cycle-analysis (LCA) and marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) approaches provide a good, although partial, indication for the potential of existing technologies to mitigate GHG emissions. The input-output (IO) approach has advantages in capturing the indirect impacts of technology adoption from shifts in economic structure and linkages between sectors. It is therefore ideal to develop an integrated approach to more accurately assess the overall economic and environmental impacts of climate policy. In this study, we aim to develop such an approach that extends the assessment of viability to include indirect...

Inter-sectoral Water Use in South Africa: Efficiency Versus Equity

Palavras-chave: GHG mitigation; IO analysis; Technical cost; Northern Ireland; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; C67; Q52; Q56; Q58.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108779

Juana, James S.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Strzepek, Kenneth M..

While water supply sources are dwindling in South Africa, the demand for the scarce water resource is increasing. This situation requires a switch from supply to demand management of water in the country. The study updates the 1999 social accounting matrix for South Africa, using the Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) time series data, STATSA's 2001 census report and 2000 water accounts, the 2002 national income accounts, published by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the Water Resource Management Strategy (WRMS) registration data. Using the updated SAM, the contribution of water to economic development in South Africa is estimated through the traditional SAM multiplier analysis. The paper then investigates the impact of reallocating...

Measuring the Impact of Tourism Upon Urban Economies: A Review of Literature

Palavras-chave: SAM multipliers; Output growth; Factor remuneration; Income generation; Efficiency; Equity; R20; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C67; D57; L60; Q25.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25486

Gasparino, Ugo; Bellini, Elena; del Corpo, Barbara; Malizia, William.

Replaced with revised version of paper 01/16/09.

Las emisiones de metano (CH4) en el subsistema agroalimentario catalán: un análisis input-output alternativo

Palavras-chave: Tourism; Economic Impacts; Input-Output Analysis; General and Partial Equilibrium Analysis; B41; C67; C68; L83.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37846

Navarro, Francisco; Alcantara, Vicent.

In this paper we carry out a research of the CH4 emissions related to the Catalan agro-food sector through an alternative or at least complementary, input-output subsystems analysis, which is a useful tool to study the productive structure of the different sectors that make up an economy. The application of this technique allows the decomposition of the subsystem in different effects depending on the existing interindustry linkages with all the production sectors of the economy inside as well outside the subsystem. Results highlights the relevance of intrasectorial relations within the agro-food industry subsystem, which shows a significant autonomy respect to this type of emissions with regard to the rest of the economy. This feature guides the sort of...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; D57; Q53; C67.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99094

Agricultural Credit Interest Rate Equalization Policy: A Growth Subsidy?

Castro, Eduardo Rodrigues de; Teixeira, Erly Cardoso.

The Brazilian Interest Rate Equalization System (IRES) subsidizes farmers by providing them with credit at lower than market interest rates. The objective of this research is to evaluate the IRES by comparing its monetary cost with its benefits as measured by Brazilian GDP growth. Estimates are carried out using input-output matrix. The results suggest that each Brazilian real spent by IRES to assist Brazilian family farms increases Brazilian GDP by R$ 1.75 and that each real spent to assist commercial farms increases GDP by R$ 3.57. The IRES is a subsidy that generates economic growth greater than its cost to society.

Is There a Link between the Changing Skills of Labor Used in U.S. Processed Food Trade and Rural Employment?

Palavras-chave: IRES subsidy; Growth; Input-output matrix; Agricultural Finance; Q18; C67; O40; H81.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25358

Schluter, Gerald E.; Lee, Chinkook.

Between the 1970s and the 1990s, processed food exports switched from using more skilled labor per unit of output than imports to the opposite. Processed food trade also expanded during this period. More meat and poultry products in processed food trade could explain this switch in skill intensity. Growing meat trade paralleled an urban-to-rural shift in meat processing. Although this could have been a win-win situation for rural areas, many of the jobs related to expanded meat trade benefited commuter and migrant workers because late-1990s jobs slaughtering livestock and processing meat did not appeal to domestic rural workers.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Consolidation in the meat industry; Factor content of trade; Input-output analysis; International meat trade; Processed food trade; Rural development; Rural labor demand; Skill intensity; C67; D24; F14; F16; J61; L66; O18; Q17; R15.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43465

Evaluating CAP alternative policy scenarios through a system dynamics approach in rural areas of Greece

Efstratoglou, Sophia; Giannakis, Elias; Psaltopoulos, Dimitrios.

Current considerations for the post-2013 CAP create the need for the investigation and evaluation of alternative CAP scenarios and their effects on agriculture, environment and regional development in EU rural areas. To this end, a system-dynamics model is developed and utilized to evaluate the impacts of alternative CAP scenarios in a Greek rural area (prefecture of Trikala). This particular model features four basic subsystems (agriculture, environment, regional economy and human resources) specified and analyzed through a linear programming model, a dynamic input-output model and an age-cohort demographic model, respectively. Four alternative policy scenarios are specified, dealing with possible developments on Pillars 1 and 2. Model simulations produce...

Regional and Sector Environmental Efficiency Empirical Evidence from Structural Shift-share Analysis of NAMEA data

Palavras-chave: CAP; Policy impact assessment; Rural development; System dynamics; Agricultural and Food Policy; C61; C67; Q18; R58.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99361

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna.

This paper provides new empirical evidence on regional–national disparities in environmental efficiency, based on case studies of Italy and the Lazio region, which includes the city of Rome. Shift-share analyses provide evidence on the drivers of environmental efficiency and on sector specificity. This confirms the usefulness of this method for studying the environmental economics realm, in order to investigate structural and efficiency factors at the level of within country environmental efficiency performance, even in light of the different shares of services. Our evidence shows that although the Rome region has achieved higher environmental performance compared to Italy mainly thanks to its being less industry based, some critical points in the energy...

Efficiency analysis of producers’ organizations (Case of South Eastern and Central planning regions of Bulgaria)

Palavras-chave: NAMEA; Shift Share; Regional Development; RAMEA; Emission Efficiency; Economic Efficiency; Environmental Economics and Policy; C67; D57; O4; O18; Q53; Q56.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50360

An Economic Analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle Impact in a Global Context

Zaimova, Darina.

The main aim of this paper is to compare two alternative methods for estimating frontier functions and measuring efficiency in production. The application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) to the same data panel provides insights in estimating technical efficiency of producers’ organizations in selected regions in Bulgaria.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: DEA; SFA; Technical efficiency; Frontier production; Farm efficiency; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; C14; C23; C51; C61; C67; D24.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94636

Abbott, Brant; Stennes, Brad; van Kooten, G. Cornelis.

The economic effects of the mountain pine beetle outbreak in British Columbia are simulated using a multi-region spatial price equilibrium model coupled with a stochastic dynamic updating procedure. The simulation captures expected changes in the B.C. timber supply, growth of plantation forests in the southern hemisphere and an escalating Russian log export tax. The results indicate lumber and log prices will rise in B.C., offsetting some of the economic loss to timber producers. However, on net producers in the B.C. forest industry will experience a decrease in economic surplus.

Input-Output Analysis, Linear Programming and Modified Multipliers

Palavras-chave: Mountain pine beetle; Spatial price equilibrium; Trade modeling; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; C67; F14; F17.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37051

Zhu, Erqian Julia; Kim, Man-Keun; Harris, Thomas R..

The input-output (IO) analysis explores changes in final demand through the regional economy using multipliers. However, it isn’t flexible to investigate the regional impact from the capacity limitations which are directly imposed on production, not final demand. This is because the multipliers are changing with exogenous restrictions on production. Conventionally, the IO analysis is performed assuming exogenous production restrictions being the changes in final demands or assuming the sector being exogenous sector like the final demand. If researchers or policy makers are interested in only economic impacts from production restrictions, there is no need to look into the modified multipliers. The modified multipliers should be considered when researchers...

Brazilian Agricultural Credit Interest Rate Equalization Policy: A Growth Subsidy?

Palavras-chave: Input-Output Analysis; Multipliers; Regional Impact Analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C67; R15; R5.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46716

Castro, Eduardo Rodrigues de; Teixeira, Erly Cardoso.

Atmospheric Pollution and Consumption Patterns in Spain: An Input-Output Approach

Palavras-chave: IRES subsidy; Growth; Input-output; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; C67; O40; H81.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24694

Serrano, Monica; Roca, Jordi.

This paper analyses the relationship between Spanish household consumption patterns and atmospheric pollutant emissions in 2000. Applying an input-output approach we estimate the relative responsibility of different types of households in the emissions of nine different atmospheric pollutants: the six greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, HFCs and PFCs) regulated by the Kyoto protocol and three other gases (SO2, NOx and NH3). We combine input-output tables, national consumer survey statistics and environmental pollution satellite accounts into an environmental extended input-output model. We also analyse the assumptions required in order to apply the model to available data. We find that there is a positive and very high relationship between the level of...

The agri-food and other bio-based sectors in Spain. A description based on multiplier analysis

Palavras-chave: Input-Output Analysis; Consumption Pattern; Atmospheric Pollution; Environmental Economics and Policy; C67; D12; Q53.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9090

Ferrari, Emanuele; Cardenete, Manuel Alejandro; Boulanger, Pierre; Delgado, M.C.; M'Barek, Robert.

The turnover of the EU agri-food sector overtops 2,000 billion Euros a year and employs roughly 22 millions workers. The focus of this paper is on the sectors directly linked to agricultural production and the food industry. Having a comprehensive understanding of extended agri-food economic linkages is critical when designing pertinent policies to deliver the full potential of strong EU agri-food and other bio-based sectors. A more disaggregated view is required. This study stars from a Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) for Spain with a highly disaggregated agricultural sector (AgroSAMs) for the year 2000. This study uses the AgroSAMs in its entire disaggregation, in order to provide a descriptive analysis of the agri-food and bio-based sectors. The limits...

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Food; Multiplier; Key sector; Spain; Agribusiness; C67; Q10.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124384

Did Agricultural Technological Changes Affect China’s Regional Disparity?

Liu, Xiaoyun; Wang, Xiuqing; Mao, Xuefeng; Luo, Wanchun; Xin, Xian.

China’s agricultural sector has developed very rapidly in the past 30 years and agricultural technological progress is deemed one of the most substantial factors leading to its rapid agricultural GDP growth. In this paper, we assess the impacts of agricultural technological changes on regional disparity using a general equilibrium model of multiple regions and multiple sectors. Our results suggest that agricultural technological changes significantly reduced China’s agricultural regional disparity and accounted for 40% reduction in agricultural regional disparity in terms of agricultural GDP per capita. Agricultural technological changes, however, led to an increase in China’s overall regional disparity and accounted for 6% increase in its overall regional...

Regional input-output analysis: application on rural regions in Germany, the Czech Republic and Greece

Palavras-chave: Agricultural technological change; Regional disparity; General equilibrium model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16; R13; O18; O33; C67.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50322

Semerak, Vilem; Zigic, Kresimir; Loizou, Efstratios; Golemanova-Kuhar, Antoaneta.

While agriculture definitely is a traditional and important sector of national economy, it is also a sector the importance of which is often underestimated. More correct and realistic description of its economic role should be based on input-output methods. Unfortunately regional level input-output tables are only rarely available. We therefore apply modified GRIT regionalization methodology on a remote rural NUTS 2 level region in three different countries (Germany, Greece, and the Czech Republic respectively) and demonstrate that this approach makes regional-level input-output analysis a viable tool in realistic evaluation of contribution of the agri-food production chain for local economies. We provide empirical results that enable us to describe the...