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Bio-energy production in the sugar industry: an integrated modeling approach

Haque, Imdadul; Rozakis, Stelios; Ganko, Ewa; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

sugar sector with bio-ethanol production may create opportunities for sustainable management of the existing sugar industry … from sugar to bio-ethanol production in Thessaly, Greece. In the agricultural feedstock supply and industrial processing …. The joint ethanol-biogas option appears to be preferable using sugar beet and wheat, whereas capacity selected amounts at …

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Assessing agriculture-water relationships: a Pan-European multidimensional modelling approach

Blanco, Maria; Van Doorslaer, Benjamin; Britz, Wolfgang - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012

Irrigation water use by agriculture has been identified as one of the major sustainable water management issues in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). This paper aims at developing a simulation framework to jointly assess agricultural and water issues. While the strong...

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Improving Measures for Targeting Agri-Environmental Payments: The Case of High Nature Value Farming

Solovyeva, Irina; Nuppenau, Ernst-August - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012

The debate on optimization of policies and instruments of the European agriculture has been lasting for several decades and still there is no unified opinion on that aspect. Although there is an unanimity on targets these policies should achieve, there is an ongoing discussion on policy tools...

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TARGETING AND SPATIAL IMPACTS OF AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT – SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF AGRI–ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES IN SLOVENIA

Juvancic, Luka; Travnikar, Tanja; Glavan, Matjaz; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012

The paper presents results of a spatial analysis of agri-environmental (A-E) measures in Slovenia. Spatial targeting and spatial patterns of A-E schemes are analyzed by a combination of exploratory spatial data analysis and spatial econometrics. Results suggest that A-E schemes in Slovenia are...

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Agri-environmental schemes in the European Union: the role of ex ante costs

Peerlings, Jack H.M.; Polman, Nico B.P. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The purpose of this paper is to analyse land allocation between competing agri-environmental contracts taking into account institutional issues and farm household and farm characteristics. We consider a Biodiversity Protection Contract, Landscape Management Contract and a Restriction on...

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EX-ANTE EVALUATION OF AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES: COMBINING ELEMENTS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKING

Bartolini, Fabio; Gallerani, Vittorio; Viaggi, Davide - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The objective of this paper is to set a complete ex-ante evaluation to support Decision Makers in designing more efficient and effective agri-environmental contracts, through an integrated modelling of elements of private and public decision making. Ex-ante comparison of policy design options in...

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Environmental protection of agriculture -clash of policies?

Helin, Janne - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Agricultural primary production is extensively influenced by policies and regulation. On the level of European Union the common agricultural policy (CAP), frames the production environment. This study analyses the conflict of environmental and income policies in the context of CAP reform,...

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Contract Design and Targeting for the Production of Public Goods in Agriculture: The Impact of the 2003 Cap Reform

Bartolini, Fabio; Gallerani, Vittorio; Raggi, Meri; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

The objective of this paper is to compare different ways of designing agri-environmental contracts and to set targeting under adverse selection, comparing conditions before and after CAP reform 2003. The results suggest that the present contract structure may be relevantly improved through a...

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Impacts of Agri-Environmental Policies on Land Allocation and Prices

Guyomard, Herve; Lankoski, Jussi E.; Ollikainen, Markku - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

We used Ricardian framework with heterogeneous land quality to analyse how policies used to support farm incomes, reduce negative agri-environmental externalities and enhance the provision of positive externalities influence land allocation decisions and land prices. Four agri-environmental...

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Assessing the costs of measuring biodiversity: methodological and empirical issues

Targetti, Stefano; Viaggi, Davide; Cuming, David; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE

Organic and low-input farming practices are considered keystones for the conservation of biodiversity in semi-natural systems. Accordingly, attention to the assessment of the benefits stemming from these activities is increasing in order to provide a solid base for the adoption of...

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