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Tree-crop interactions and their environmental and economic implications in the presence of carbon-sequestration payments

Wise, Russell; Cacho, Oscar J. - 2003

increase biodiversity while at the same time allow for the continued use of the land toproduce agricultural crops. In fact …, growing trees alongside crops is known to improve both the productivityand sustainability of the land. However, due to high …

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Marketed Outputs and Non-Marketed Outputs: The Marginal Costs of Producing Ecosystem Services

Wossink, Ada; Sauer, Johannes - 2010

We provide a new approach for assessing the cost of marginal ecosystem changes and the effectiveness of green payment schemes. The approach is based on a theoretical and empirical analysis of the bio-economic production interactions between marketed outputs and non-marketed ecosystem services at...

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The Effects of Changing Commodity Prices On the CRP

Hellerstein, Daniel; Malcolm, Scott A. - 2010

How might increases in commodity prices, along with the acreage reduction mandated in the 2008 Farm Act, impact the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)? Modeling StrategyThe Likely To Bid (LTB) model “restarts” the CRP from scratch. Uses National Resources Inventory data to find parcels...

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Designing Contracts for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Cordero Salas, Paula - 2010

design and implementation of a financial mechanism that provides land-holders sufficient incentives to participate in a REDD …Reduction of carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) has been identified as a cost effective … element of the post-Kyoto strategy to achieve long-term climate objectives. The success of REDD depends primarily on the …

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Valuing Farmland Protection with Choice Experiments That Incorporate Preference Heterogeneity: Does Policy Guidance Depend On the Econometric Fine Print?

Johnston, Robert J.; Bergstrom, John C. - 2010

Although mixed logit models are common in stated preference applications, resulting welfare estimates can be sensitive to minor changes in specification. This can be of critical relevance for policy and welfare analysis, particularly if policymakers are unaware of practical implications. Drawing...

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Cooperation, Spatial-Dynamic Externalities, and Invasive Species Management

Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca S.; Wilen, James E. - 2010

Most terrestrial biological invasions occur in landscapes comprising numerous, independently managed properties. Thus, control of invasion spread generally depends on the choices of many managers, each deciding the extent to control invasions on their property. Here we develop a...

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The Economic Determinants of the On-farm Management of Rice Cultivars in the Rhone River Delta (France)

Jaeck, Melanie; Lifran, Robert - 2011

managementconstraints on land and labor. …

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Irrigation Restriction and Biomass Market Interactions: The Case of the Alluvial Aquifer

Popp, Michael P.; Nalley, Lawton Lanier; Vickery, Gina B. - 2010

The U.S. Geological Survey has determined that irrigation in Arkansas’ Delta is unsustainable. This study examines how irrigation restrictions would affect county net returns to cropproduction. It also considers the effect of planting less water-intensive bioenergycrops—switchgrass and...

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Modelling Waikato Farm Nitrogen Discharges for Policy Analysis

Ramilan, Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour, Frank G. - 2005

This study describes the development of bio economic models examining the economic and water quality impact of various proposed policy options in the Upper Waikato catchment. In the first phase nitrogen emissions are determined for representative farming systems using the Overseer nutrient...

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On Self Selection in PES Schemes

Russell, Noel P.; Sauer, Johannes - 2011

the scheme are related to land productivity levels on the one hand and ecological conservation on the other. In particular …

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