Future trade negotiations will incorporate environmental concerns. This study presents a framework to evaluate whether the United States would be willing to adopt a pesticide restriction in exchange for European Union liberalization of producer support. It outlines the conditions that must be...

This report presents a modeling framework in which epidemiological model results are integrated with an economic model of the U.S. agricultural sector to enable estimation of the economic impacts of outbreaks of foreign-source livestock diseases. To demonstrate the model, the study assessed...

In Afghanistan, where 80% of the population is rural, irrigated agriculture is important for satisfying subsistence needs. While most of the irrigated agriculture is fed by diversion canal systems which tap surface flows, legal and physical water infrastructure in the region is generally poor. A...

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...

The traditional model used to analyze trade Issues suggests that an export subsidy on agricultural products IS an irrational policy choice However, export subsidies are common in world agricultural trade By relaxing the assumptions of the traditional model, researchers can develop several...

Recent literature on agricultural policy argues that a new market environment has emerged m the past 15 years characterized by the growing Importance of international trade, a U S agricultural sector increasingly integrated into the U S and world macroeconomy, and an increasing price variability...