A multiyear regional risk programming model was used in evaluating the impacts of different environmental policies on cropping systems, input use, nonpoint source pollution, farm income and risk. A direct expected utility maximizing problem (DEMP) objective with a Von Neuman Morgenstern utility...

The purpose of the present study was to determine willingness to pay for improved water quality and sanitation in four rural communities of El Salvador using the Contingent Valuation Method. The research was conducted between November 1998 and January 1999. Different regression estimates reveal...

Agriculture is one of the major sources of water quality impairment, and chemical fertilizer causes most of the surface water contamination. The purpose of this thesis is to design two fertilizer tax systems (Uniform Tax vs Differentiated Tax) embodied in a Computable General Equilibrium model,...

Technical trade barriers (TBTs) have become increasingly important barriers to trade. In agricultural trade, they are often implemented as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures. Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat, is one example where these types of measures have been implemented. The...

There is an increasing recognition among wheat market modelers that wheat is a differentiated product. Three recent studies have analyzed the impacts of various policies under assumptions of differentiation of wheat on either a class or a supplier basis. This research extends these studies by...

There were two schools of thought to the roots of the farm depression in the United States during the 1920s. One school argued that there was overcapacity in agriculture and recommended production adjustment programs. Another school argued that the problem of agriculture had to do with financial...