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U.S. Agriculture, Biofuel Markets, and Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an enhanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model (GTAP‐BIO), this study assesses how the expansion in demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the reduction in exports of agricultural products induced by trade disputes negatively affect US agriculture.
Rayan Wolf, Farzad Taheripour
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of production shocks on maize markets in Ethiopia: implications for regional trade and food security

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2020
In this article, we demonstrated the dynamic impact of a bumper harvest and drought shocks on the maize market and on the trade regime in Ethiopia. Regional market integration of Ethiopia’s white maize market with the South Sudan and Kenyan maize markets
Mesay Yami, Ferdi Meyer, Rashid Hassan
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels

Foundations and Trends® in Microeconomics, 2008
This review provides a timely summary of the current understanding of the various impacts and contributes positively to the policy debate. We have several key conclusions:(1) Biofuels are diverse and evolving; (2) Greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits vary significantly across various types of biofuels and are dependent on market conditions and policy ...
Deepak Rajagopal, David Zilberman
openaire   +1 more source

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing new block order options of the EUPHEMIA algorithm: An optimization model for the economic dispatch problem in power exchanges

Energy Reports, 2020
To implement the process of European power markets’ integration, a market-clearing algorithm has been developed among European power exchanges under the title EUPHEMIA (Pan-European Hybrid Electricity Market Integration Algorithm), being a strictly ...
Nikolaos E. Koltsaklis, Ioannis Zenginis, Athanasios S. Dagoumas   +2 more
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining Policy Network and Model-Based Scenario Analyses: An Assessment of Future Ecosystem Goods and Services in Swiss Mountain Regions

Ecology and Society, 2013
We argue that the often-proclaimed disregard of ex-ante assessments of the provision of ecosystem goods and services in policy-making processes is not only due to a neglect or a misinterpretation of the results of such assessments in the relevant ...
Christian Hirschi, Alexander Widmer, Simon Briner, Robert Huber   +3 more
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
wiley   +1 more source

Sequencing of the chloroplast genome of Taimo, a paddy cultivar of Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) in the Ryukyu Archipelago

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
Taimo is a paddy cultivar of Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) that is traditionally consumed in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Its origin remains unknown, although it has been identified as belonging to a haplotype commonly found in tropical and ...
Reina Takaesu, Yukihiro Kinjo, Crystal-Leigh Clitheroe, Haruki Sunagawa, Thomas Bourguignon, Seikoh Saitoh   +5 more
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Complementary or Competitive? Emerging Interactions Between Restoration and Protection in the Conservation Reserve Program

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski, Tyler Lark, Rich Iovanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source