Panel data from villages in rural south India have been used for leading econometric studies on risk-sharing in village economies. The work has influenced debate on safety net design world-wide and has driven scholarly agendas on household economics. This paper critically surveys work to date and provides new results. The data show that statecontingent transfers between households can in princi...

7he T economics i off introducing ultrafiltration (UF) ) into the Ontario i dairy industry is analyzed. . First, t, a partial budget is developed to determine feasibility off UF on the farm. . The budget indicates that the great majority off Ontario dairy farms are not large enough to capture the economies off size inherent in the new technology. l y. Second, , a location-allocation ll ti model...

This paper originated in a project to develop a practical, generic tool for the economic evaluation of surveillance for farm animal diseases at national level by a state veterinary service. Fundamental to that process is integration of epidemiological and economic perspectives. Using a generalized example of epidemic disease, we show that an epidemic curve maps into its economic equivalent, a d...

undoubtly, land degradation causes apparent decrease of natural resources potential which are highly linked to desertification. different countries and also international organization have realized a great number of projects to combat desertification. unfortunately these projects have not reach to their goals. the experiences shows that the reason of these unsuccessful works is lack of consider...

JEL Classification: J24, M12, Z13 We examine the role of peers, commanders, and travel on the later life outcomes of black slaves and freemen who fought in the Union Army. Because most of the black soldiers who served were illiterate farm workers, the war exposed them to a much broader world. In this sense, the Union Army can be viewed as a training program with heterogeneous treatment effects....

The 1996 FAIR Act was a novel departure in farm policy, with fixed payments, absence of acreage set-asides, and avoidance of CCC commodity stockpiles that provide a possible means of transition to a market-based agriculture. Some now argue that the FAIR Act has failed, on the grounds that the federal government has spent too much, while at the same time this spending is not effectively targeted...

Econometric models wishing to estimate relevant parameters for agricultural policy analysis are increasingly relying on unbalanced panels of farm-level data. Since in the agricultural economics literature such models have often been estimated through simplified approaches, in this paper we try to verify whether the adoption of more sophisticated panel data techniques may impact the estimation r...

This paper uses an analytical and econometric approach to analyze the farmland conversion process, including the effects of population growth, real estate markets, the agricultural-urban edge, and farm returns. We use a unique county-level dataset on farmland conversion for California that tracks conversions between agricultural, urban and other land uses. Paper prepared for the annual meeting ...

This special issue contributes to the development economics literature by highlighting role of information communication and technologies (ICTs) in supporting rural agricultural development. It is comprised nine papers. Key findings from this include: (1) internet use increases consumption diversity productivity; (2) smartphone empowers women household decision-making off-farm work participatio...

The ambition of the Dutch Ministry Agriculture is to stimulate transition circular agriculture. objective this paper develop and apply a farm level model toolbox for circular-agriculture policy assessment. Transition agriculture affects management practices outcome in field finance economics, soil quality, use finite resources, emissions, biodiversity. Based on this, there need an integrated as...