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This document is a preliminary effort to draw together some of the important simulation models that are available to Reclamation or that have been developed by Reclamation since 1987. This document has also attempted to lay out a framework by which these models might be used both for the...
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accounts for carbon sequestration, salinity amelioration and other ecosystem service values of hardwood plantations. A carbon … model estimates the value of carbon sequestered, while salinity and other ecosystem service values are estimated by the …
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can absorb, resulting in the development of shallow watertables causing salinity and waterlogging. Policy based on …
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Recent soil and crop management technologies have potential for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions; however, these management strategies must be profitable if they are to be adopted by producers. The economic feasibility of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions in irrigated cropping systems was...
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Low international wheat prices, caused by tariffs and subsidies in developed countries, have been blamed for causing … describe and quantify the effects of increased tariffs (by up to 25 percentage points) on the local wheat industry, other … government are also analysed. The results show that the benefits to the wheat industry are highly concentrated and smaller than …
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present synthesis of two detailed country studies confirmed widespread adoption of zero tillage (ZT) wheat in the rice-wheat … for wheat cultivation. Thus, the prime driver for ZT adoption is not water savings or natural resource conservation but …
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uses a stochastic simulation model of the world wheat market to investigate the effects of policy makers implementing … domestic output is low and prices high. We estimate that implementation of the Q-SSM would shrink average wheat imports by … nearly 50% in some regions, with world wheat trade falling by 4.7%. The P-SSM is discriminatory against low price, developing …
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This paper shows that the response of agricultural commodity prices in the U.S. related to fluctuations in oil prices in the international market may differ greatly depending on whether the increase is driven by demand or supply shocks in the crude oil market. In the long-run, around 2-7 percent...
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. Elasticities from three estimators OLS, SURE and IV indicate that imported wheat, maize and rice are normal commodities in Kenya …. The uncompensated elasticities are bigger in magnitude than the compensated elasticities. Focusing on wheat, these … manifested price changes. Results favour a non-tariff wheat importation regime and also favor consumer protection. The study …
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This study analyzes the potential impact of climate change on China's corn, wheat, and rice, domestic agricultural … literature of climate change effects on China's crop yields. The paper presents the potential impact of climate change on China …'s yields and attempts to quantify the domestic and global market impacts. The analysis has four scenarios, which assumes two …
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