Climate change can negatively affect crop productivity decreasing food production in many regions across the world. Literature suggests forest carbon sequestration (FCS) is a good alternative to mitigate climate due its ability sequester at low cost. Nevertheless, FCS subsidies have not been addressed together with impacts on security and reduced yields. In our multidisciplinary work, we collected yield shocks from global circulation—crop modeling. We also developed new version of computable...

This paper describes several sustainability-related agriculture technologies that are being used by farmers in the U.S. and Europe could plausibly be adopted smallholder Global South. Their unifying attributes they do not require capital-intensive complementary can effectively a single operator. We categorize related to “soil health moisture” “crop production nutrient management”. After describing technologies, we discuss barriers adoption strategies lessen these barriers. Lastly, propose...

Since the onset of coronavirus pandemic, unemployment has surged in many sectors economy. While food services is largely product demand-side shocks, such as restaurant and school closures, processing production related to supply-side factors issues worker safety.

Purpose Farmers in Colombia have faced economic instability due to a long-lasting armed conflict. An attempt support the rural community has been through creation of productive alliances – strategic association between small-scale producers and anchor companies with assistance private public sectors. By closely examining Association Guarupay Palm Growers (ASOPAY)'s financial cash flows, this study investigates challenges by agribusinesses an emerging economy. Design/methodology/approach This...

The articles in this theme discuss the many ways which COVID-19 has affected U.S. agriculture industry. In particular, explore demand and supply-side effects on domestic immigrant agricultural labor, disruptions supply chains, short long-term changes consumer food purchasing behavior.

Forest carbon sequestration (FCS) is considered a cost-effective method to mitigate climate change. This has attracted the attention of policy makers and academics in last quarter century. Nevertheless, only few efforts have incorporated FCS global supply economic modeling framework. In our research, we developed GTAP-BIO-FCS model, which offers more comprehensive basis for change mitigation including alternatives such as biofuels. reliable model that satisfies accounting balances provides...

Agriculture is a global industry that constantly innovates and increasingly uses cutting-edge technology. A great number of job opportunities exist because this important sector the economy looking to recruit motivated ambitious young people. Meanwhile, academic environment changing. Many programs experience increased class sizes are introducing online curricula. Addressing these simultaneous challenges, eight teaching scholars from agricultural applied economics presented their approaches...

This paper uses an advanced computable general equilibrium model to evaluate the extent which incorporation of climate change induced changes in crop yields could impact forest carbon sequestration with a tax. We find that reduction many regions does negatively potential for sequestration. The yield causes more land be needed production making less available forest. In addition, reduces overall and significantly increases livestock prices. These prices increase substantially even though...

Global harvested area of crops has expanded (+8%) in the period 2004-2011. Nevertheless, some such as maize, sugarcane, and oilseeds more rapidly than average rise. Although, economists attribute this effect to biofuel production, economy also encouraged expansion cropland satisfy food demand. This paper analyzes impact that production economic variables had on for corn, sugar, oilseeds. Our results suggest are much important ethanol explaining changes corn sugarcane. For oilseed area,...

The forecasting efficiency gains obtained by building time series models in which the data are optimally aggregated have been studied from a theoretical perspective numerous studies. However, an empirical study focused on potential benefits of temporal disaggregation commodity price has not conducted. This is case even though commodities markets extremely important for economic performance U.S. agricultural sector, where slight difference prediction represents losses million dollars. One...

This study examines the relationship between trade and potential determinants: GDP, FDI, unemployment rate in Spanish provinces while incorporting spatial dependence. methodological paper contributes to literature because it evaluates at a more disaggregated level includes FDI explain pattern. The research concludes that: (1) Only considering GDP rate; increase economic growth or decrease could motivate province; likewise of neighbors will competition, which province sales. (2) If is...

Logit and probit models are designed to estimate latent variable models. However, there cases that these estimates used, even though the is fully observable. The most prominent examples studies about obesity, where they calculate BMI based on two observed variables: weight height squared. They translate into a binary (e.g. obese or not obese) this index used examine factors affecting obesity. This study determines loss in efficiency of using logit/probit versus conventional OLS with unknown...

For many years, biofuels have been considered a cleaner, greener alternative to fossil fuels in order reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions the transportation sector. this reason, recent European policies has tried promote production and consumption. However, some concerns on actual sustainability of arisen. In particular, scientific studies pointed out that additional from indirect land-use change (ILUC) could cancel benefits climate change. This paper analyzes global economic environmental...