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Hanna, Susan S; Oregon State University; susan.hanna@oregonstate.edu. |
Institutions are the mechanisms that integrate the human and ecological spheres. This paper discusses the institutional challenge of integrating salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) ecosystems and human systems in ways that effectively promote resilience. Salmon recovery in the Columbia River Basin demonstrates the challenge. Despite the comprehensive scope of Basin salmon management, it has a number of problems that illustrate the difficulties of designing institutions for ecosystem and human system resilience. The critical elements of salmon ecosystem management are incentives and transaction costs, and these comprise a large piece of missing institutional infrastructure. Once the focus is placed on incentives and costs, a number of different management strategies... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Columbia River Basin; Ecosystems; Human systems; Incentives; Institutions; Resilience; Salmon; Transaction costs. |
Ano: 2008 |
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Paavola , Jouni; Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP); Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds; j.paavola@leeds.ac.uk; Healey, John R.; School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University ; j.healey@bangor.ac.uk; Jones, Julia P.G.; School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University ; julia.jones@bangor.ac.uk; Baker, Timothy R.; School of Geography, University of Leeds; t.r.baker@leeds.ac.uk. |
Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has received strong support as a major component of future global climate change policy. The financial mechanism of REDD+ is payment for the ecosystem service of carbon sequestration in tropical forests that is expected to create incentives for conservation of forest cover and condition. However, the costs of achieving emissions reduction by these means remain largely unknown. We assess the set-up, implementation, and monitoring costs, i.e., collectively the transaction costs, of six of the first seven REDD+ project designs from the Peruvian Amazon and compare them with established projects in Brazil and Bolivia. The estimated costs vary greatly among the assessed projects from US$0.16 to... |
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Additionality; Amazon; Peru; REDD+; Set-up implementation and monitoring costs; Transaction costs. |
Ano: 2013 |
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Sakuyama, Takumi. |
This article evaluates the effectiveness of ex-post targeting of the direct payment program for mountain agriculture in Japan. A regression analysis explaining the entry into the program shows that the farm profitability and the production cost were significant positive and negative factor, respectively, in determining the uptake, while the efforts by local governments were a robust factor in facilitating the enrollment. These findings imply ineffective ex-post targeting and call for the differentiation of the premium, alternative incentives to promote forestation for the un-enrolled fields and additional funds targeted to those prefectures with the low uptake ratio. Lessons drawn from the Japanese experience for effective incentive measures in developing... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cost-effectiveness; Direct payment; Environmental services; Mountain farming; Targeting; Transaction costs; Japan; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110128 |
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Souza, Renato Santos De; Arbage, Alessandro Porporatti; Corazza, Cristiano. |
The objective of this work was to identify the management process of the rice mill supply chain in the Depressão Central area of Rio Grande do Sul state also advancing in the understanding of the aspects that involve the transaction between the agricultural and industrial sectors. The data was collected through the sending of one questionnaire to each one of the rice mill owners and interviews later on. The region comprises 22 rice mills, 10 of which did return the questionnaire. The results allowed for two important conclusions: a) it could be observed that the rice mills are predominantly supplied by farmers of the region who have good storage structures, which allows them to better plan the commercialization of the products and to reduce the seasonal... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Transaction costs; Productive rice chain; Coordination.. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43826 |
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Gillespie, Jeffrey M.; Bu, Angel; Boucher, Robert W.; Choi, Won-Jun. |
Calf marketing, commercial beef carcass, and natural/implant-free beef strategic alliances were examined via case study to determine alliance structure and whether each addressed risk, transaction costs, capital availability, and other concerns. All alliances were structured differently through vertical or horizontal coordination, and each had been established within the past 12 years. Alliance administrators reported that an advantage to cow-calf producers was higher cattle prices received relative to producers outside the alliances. The alliances reduced transaction costs and increased information flow among segments. Alliances did not specifically address risk or increased access to capital for technology adoption or expansion purposes. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cattle industry; Industry structure; Risk; Strategic alliances; Transaction costs; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62278 |
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Fafchamps, Marcel; Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z.. |
Based on original trader surveys, this paper examines how agricultural traders operate in Benin and Malawi. Results indicate that the largest transaction costs are search and transport. The use of modern technology is limited. Search methods rely principally on personal visits by the trader, and quality control requires the presence of the trader at the time of purchase. This increases costs, as the trader has to travel a lot, and makes it difficult for trading enterprises to grow. Since enterprises remain very small, personal transport and search time represent a non-negligible share of marketing costs. |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Traders; Transaction costs; Transport; Storage; Search; Marketing. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57022 |
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Mykhaylenko, Maryna; Schaft, Franziska. |
This contribution aims to analyze the main factors determining the initiation of vertical coordination between processing enterprises and milk producers in Ukraine. In this regard special attention is paid to the role of uncertainty, asset specificity and resource availability. Furthermore, the impact of vertical coordination on quality improvement, trust development and strategic advantages achieved is analyzed. The survey results indicate that uncertainty is a major driver for the processing level to initiate vertical coordination schemes. Although vertical coordination appears to have positive impacts on both supplier groups, corporate farms tend to benefit more from vertical coordination schemes than semi-subsistence farms. |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Vertical coordination; Transaction costs; Ukraine; Community/Rural/Urban Development; L14; Q12. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94901 |
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Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan; Drabik, Dusan. |
In Western Europe, USA and other developed countries agriculture is dominated by small family farms. In Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and Former Soviet Union (FSU) dual structure of farms exists. There are large corporate farms (CF) and small family farms (FF) in CEEC and FSU. Our paper shows that both CF and FF specialize in commodities in which they have comparative advantage. CF specialize in capital intensive products and in products with low labor monitoring. FF specialize in products with higher labor monitoring requirements. The implication of this paper is that farm structure determines in which products the country will be competitive on international markets. This is especially important for transition countries where high... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm structure; Production specialization; Transaction costs; CEEC; FSU; Farm Management. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8527 |
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