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A Global Model for Agriculture and Bioenergy: Application to Biofuel and Food Security in Peru and Tanzania

Elbehri, Aziz; McDougall, Robert; Horridge, Mark - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

This paper describes a global model for agriculture and bioenergy (GLOMAB) that incorporates biomass, biofuels and …) biofuels and associated biomass feedstocks (maize, sugar cane, crop residues, woody biomass). Beside biofuels, the model also … bioelectricity sectors into the GTAP-Energy model by expanding the global GTAP database, production and consumption structures …

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Energy from biomass: linkages between the energy and the agricultural sector in the EU until 2050

Deppermann, Andre; Bruchof, David; Blesl, Markus; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

ESIM their supply side. According to our results, an extension of the mandatory reduction of emissions has strong biomass …Over the last decades traditional energy sources are increasingly replaced by energy from biomass and this trend is … mitigation scenarios on the utilization of biomass for energy production and the price of agricultural products. To this end, we …

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Using Field Experiments to Explore the Use of Multiple Bidding Rounds in Conservation Auctions

Rolfe, John; Windle, Jill - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Conservation auctions such as the Conservation Reserve Program in the United States and the BushTender Program in Australia have been used to identify landholders who can provide on-farm conservation and biodiversity protection actions at lowest cost. These conservation auctions are typically...

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THE ECONOMICS OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION-A STUDY IN A COFFEE GROWING REGION OF INDIA

Ninan, K.N.; Sathyapalan, Jyothis - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003

This paper analyses the economics of biodiversity conservation in the context of a tropical ecosystem in India, where coffee is the main competitor for land use.Using primary data covering a cross section of coffee growers,the study notes that the opportunity costs of biodiversity conservation...

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Income Distributional Effects of Using Market-Based Instruments for Managing Common Property Resources

Msangi, Siwa; Howitt, Richard E. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

In the face of growing management problems and conflicts over increasing demands and dwindling or increasingly variable supplies of surface and groundwater, the need for revising the conventional water resource allocation methods has been increasingly felt among natural resource managers and...

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Third Party Effects and Asymmetric Externalities in Groundwater Extraction: The Case of Cherokee Strip in Butte County, California

Msangi, Siwa; Howitt, Richard E. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

model of strategic groundwater pumping. The results of this model show that current ordinance restricting water transfers …

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Collective Action for Integrated Community Watershed Management in Semi-Arid India: Analysis of Multiple Livelihood Impacts and the Drivers of Change

Shiferaw, Bekele A.; Bantilan, Ma Cynthia S.; Wani, Suhas; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Spatial and temporal attributes of watersheds and associated market failures require institutional arrangements for coordinating use and management of natural resources. Effective collective action (CA) for watershed management has the potential to provide multiple economic and environmental...

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Transaction Cost Analysis of Upstream-Downstream Relations in Watershed Services: Lessons from Community-Based Forestry Management in Sumatra, Indonesia

Arifin, Bustanul - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

, improve trusts and shared responsibility to achieve more sustainable resource management. …

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On Measuring the Value of a Nonmarket Good Using Market Data

Bullock, David S.; Minot, Nicholas - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Our purpose is to present in detail numerical methods of measuring the value of nonmarket goods using market data, under either weak neutrality, weak complementarity, or any other preference restriction meeting the requirements discussed in this paper. It has been claimed in a number of places...

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Household Energy Demand and the Equity and Efficiency Aspects of Subsidy Reform in Indonesia

Olivia, Susan; Gibson, John - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

The proper design of price interventions requires consideration of equity and efficiency effects. In this paper, budget survey data from 29,000 Indonesian households are used to estimate a demand system for five energy sources, which is identified by the spatial variation in unit values...

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