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Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy

Essays in Honor of Gordon Rausser

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  • Celebrates the life and career of agricultural and resource economist Gordon C. Rausser
  • Provides a critical overview of the emerging literature in natural resource economics
  • Analyzes new research about consumer behavior, public perceptions of agriculture and food systems

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David Zilberman

Scholar, Entrepreneur, and Editorial Innovator

  • Stanley R. Johnson

Impacts on World Food Systems

  • Jill J. McCluskey

Gordon Rausser and the Transformation of Agricultural Economics from the 1960s to the 1980s

Major developments in agricultural, food and resource economics, principles of policy modeling in food and agriculture.

  • Gordon Rausser, Richard E. Just

Woke Farm and Food Policies in the Post-truth Era: Calamitous Consequences for People and the Planet

  • Julian M. Alston

Future of Food Economics

  • David R. Just

Closing the Gap Between Water Needs and Renewable Water Supplies: Global Perspective, Local Lessons

Remote sensing technologies: implications for agricultural and resource economics.

  • Richard Howitt, Larry Karp, Gordon Rausser

Major Developments in Institutional Economics and Political Economy

Special interests and the public interest in public policy and information: insights from agricultural and food policies.

Johan Swinnen

The Evolution of Political Hyperbole and Polarization: Echo Chambers and Voter-Elite Feedback Loops

  • Leo Simon, Jinhua Zhao

The Puzzle of Lagging Sub-Saharan Africa Agriculture: Toward a Theory of Connectedness

  • Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet

Control of the Research Agenda in University-Industry Partnerships

Econometrics in litigation: challenges at class certification.

  • Gareth Macartney

Major Developments in Macroeconomic Linkages, Futures Markets, and Commodity Systems

Macroeconomic linkages to the agricultural supply chain.

  • H. Alan Love, John Freebairn

This volume celebrates the life and career of Gordon Rausser, pioneer and leader in natural resource economics, while critically overviewing the emerging literature in the field. As the chair of the Agriculture and Resource Economics department at UC Berkeley, Rausser led the transformation of the department from a traditional agricultural economics department to a diverse resource economics department addressing issues of agriculture, food, natural resources, environmental economics, energy, and development. This book builds on this theme, showcasing not only the scope of Rausser's work but also key developments in the field.

The volume is organized into two parts. The first part speaks about the lessons of Gordon Rausser's career, in particular, his role as a leader in different spheres, his capacity to integrate teaching and entrepreneurship, and his impact on the world food system. The second part will address some of thesignificant developments in the field he contributed to and how it relates to his work. The chapters include contributions from modern leaders in the economics field and cover diverse topics from many subfields including public policy, public finance, law, econometrics, macroeconomics, and water resources.

  • Gordon C. Rausser
  • agricultural economics
  • natural resource economics
  • World Food System
  • agriculture policy
  • agriculture development
  • remote sensing
  • natural resource modeling
  • food commodity price booms
  • food economics
  • commodity futures
  • renewable water
  • new monetary theory

Harry de Gorter

Jill McCluskey

Harry de Gorter is Professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University (US). His research focus is on agriculture and trade policy with recent work on food waste, biofuels, and agricultural trade reform and the Doha Development Agenda, especially the impact of subsidies and protection on developing countries.  He has long been actively involved in advising many governments and organizations on issues related to agriculture trade policy including the EU, FAO, G-20, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, World Bank and WTO.

Jill J. McCluskey is Regents Professor at Washington State University (US) and Director of the School of Economic Sciences, which includes both General Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics. McCluskey’s research focuses on product quality and reputation, sustainable labeling, consumer preferences for new technology, and representation of women in STEM. She is past President and Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and Fellow of the Western Agricultural Economics Association.

Johan Swinnen is Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC (US).  Prior to joining IFPRI, Dr. Swinnen was professor of economics and director of the LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance at KU Leuven (Belgium) and senior research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels. He was a lead economist at the World Bank from 2003 to 2004 and economic adviser to the European Commission from 1998 to 2001.  

Book Title : Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy

Book Subtitle : Essays in Honor of Gordon Rausser

Editors : Harry de Gorter, Jill McCluskey, Johan Swinnen, David Zilberman

Series Title : Natural Resource Management and Policy

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77760-9

Publisher : Springer Cham

eBook Packages : Economics and Finance , Economics and Finance (R0)

Copyright Information : The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

Hardcover ISBN : 978-3-030-77759-3 Published: 24 June 2022

Softcover ISBN : 978-3-030-77762-3 Published: 25 June 2023

eBook ISBN : 978-3-030-77760-9 Published: 23 June 2022

Series ISSN : 0929-127X

Series E-ISSN : 2511-8560

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XLVI, 484

Number of Illustrations : 87 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour

Topics : Agricultural Economics , Environmental Economics , Industrial Organization

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This thesis explores topics in Agricultural Economics and is composed of five papers. In the first paper (Chapter 2), a latent-class stochastic frontier model is used to estimate efficiency scores of farmers in Ethiopia. Compared to conventional models, which assume a unique frontier, much lower inefficiencies are found, suggesting that part of the inefficiencies uncovered in the literature could be an artefact of the methods used. The second paper (Chapter 3) revisits the link between cereal diversity and productivity using a panel dataset in Ethiopia. The results suggest that the positive effect between cereal diversity and productivity becomes much smaller when households who produce teff (a low-productivity and high-value crop) are excluded from the sample, hinting at the possibility that results could be driven by yield differentials between cereals, rather than diversity. The third paper (Chapter 4) estimates the labour impacts of the adoption of Soil and Water Conservation technologies (SWC) in Ethiopia. The results suggest that adopting SWC technologies leads to an increase in adult and child labour. Understanding the labour impacts is important in itself, but it also raises concerns about using impact evaluation methods that require no change in inputs as an identifying assumption of impacts. Paper 4 (Chapter 5), assesses the pertinence of a drought index that has recently been proposed in the literature by Yu and Babcock (2010) and argues that it defines drought too narrowly. An extension to this index is proposed and we show, using a dataset of Indian districts, that the original index is likely to underestimate the impacts of drought. In Paper 5 (Chapter 6), we identify data-driven ranges of rainfall for which the marginal effects of a rainfall-temperature index (RTI) are different and then we discuss how the impacts of drought have changed over the 1966-2009 period in India. Finally, Chapter 7 concludes.

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What farmers do matters. Even as the world’s population is increasingly urbanized, almost a billion people make their living in agriculture (World Bank, 2018) and 5 billion acres (38%) of the world’s land area is farmland (FAO, 2020). Moreover, agriculture accounts for a significant portion of global deforestation, forest fragmentation, and habitat loss (Defries, Rudel, Uriarte, & Hansen, 2010; Rudel, Defries, Asner, & Laurance, 2009), while consuming 70% of global freshwater and contributing substantially to water pollution (FAO, 2011). The sheer size of the land mass managed by smallholders means that interventions intended to improve environmental quality, sequester carbon, or foster economic development must reckon with the preferences and responses of rural landholders if they hope to meet their goals. Development economics is home to a rich literature modeling the actions and reactions of farmers, motivated by a desire to boost agricultural productivity and reduce rural poverty rates. Environmental economists have also contributed to an understanding of rural preferences and incentives as conservationists have increasingly seen the value of enlisting private land to increase wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, and provide ecosystem services. This dissertation examines farmer’s incentives, preferences, and interactions in relation to three policies in three different settings, with an eye to improving program design for agro-environmental policy in rural developing countries. Chapter 1 examines a change in water quality due to the expansion of a water treatment facility upstream of the Jordan Valley—the country of Jordan’s major agricultural region. I examine the substitutability of recycled water for freshwater, examining farmers’ water use and production using a model of agricultural production and exploiting the quasi-experiment to see how water use changes in the affected area. While I find no evidence that farm production was significantly impacted by the change—good news for urban water consumers whose water supply was increased by this substitution of recycled water in the agricultural sector—I do find that elements of water governance could improve the acceptability of the policy change from the farmers’ perspective. Chapter 2 examines farmer interactions when faced with a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program in Central India. Specifically, it asks if program targeting should change if farmers’ acceptance of the program depends’ on their neighbors’ actions. Using the results of a choice experiment, I simulate private interactions of farmers’ across the landscape surrounding Pench national park, and place zones in priority order by total welfare both with and without private interactions. Consideration of private interactions changes both the priority order of the zones and the number of zones which pass a cost/benefit analysis. Chapter 3 asks the question, does land tenure registration cause, or prevent deforestation? Utilizing the implementation of a land registry called a DUAT in norther Mozambique, I observe land parcels before and after registration and estimate the effect on tree cover loss as measured by the Hansen et al. forest cover loss dataset (Hansen et al., 2013). I also show the results of a tree crown detection algorithm intended to estimate the presence of individual trees in agricultural mosaic landscapes. Findings indicate a modest increase in tree cover loss on parcels that are registered communally, whereas there is a modest decrease for parcels registered to individuals. The impact of DUAT registration also varies by pre-existing tree cover and population. These findings recommend caution regarding the possible environmental benefits of land registration and tenure reform, highlighting heterogeneity by both tenure type and pre-existing land cover.

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Boone, Christopher Daniel Andrew

This dissertation studies the agricultural sector in the United States. The first two chapters investigate the U.S. agricultural economy during the Great Depression, while Chapter 3 looks at the effects of air pollution on crop yields in recent years. In Chapter 1, Laurence Wilse-Samson and I examine the widespread migration to farms in the U.S. during the Great Depression. We show that the option to move to farms serves as informal insurance during times of economic crisis, and that modernization in the agricultural sector reduces the ability of the land to provide this insurance function. The movement to farms also has spillovers on the broader economy, facilitating a decline in market-based expenditure and a shift into home production. At the same time, by absorbing surplus labor, the subsistence farm sector puts upward pressure on nonfarm wages and thus provides a countervailing force against deflation. We also provide evidence that the introduction of formal unemployment compensation reduces the movement to farms later in the decade. Our results bring attention to a less-studied effect by which formal insurance stabilizes the economy during deep crises: it increases market demand by diverting consumption away from home production and towards market-based expenditure. Chapter 2 examines the effects of the Great Depression on out-migration from farms, and how those effects vary across different groups of agriculturalists. Using complete count data from the U.S. population census, I match a sample of individuals from the 1930 census to their records in the 1940 census. Because the 1940 census includes information on location and farm status in 1935, this linked sample provides information on location and farm status for the years 1930, 1935, and 1940, allowing me to follow individuals over the course of the Great Depression. I show that farmers in mechanized agricultural regions are more likely to leave their farms during the crisis, compared to farmers in less mechanized regions, but they are no more likely to transition to the non-farm sector. While tenant farmers are in general more likely to out-migrate compared to farm owners, this differential is even larger in the more mechanized, high-productivity areas. And while farm owners from more productive regions end up earning higher incomes than owners in less productive areas, there is no corresponding earnings premium for tenant farmers. These results suggest that the benefits from productivity-enhancing technological progress accrue to the owners of the land resources, while the costs of the farm crisis (in terms of displacement) are borne heavily by renters. Finally, I show that places with high levels of farm mortgage debt experience higher rates of out-migration, and their residents report lower subsequent income; in addition, the negative effects of mortgage debt on income are more heavily concentrated among farm owners. In Chapter 3, Wolfram Schlenker, Juha Siikamaki and I provide new empirical evidence of a possible nonlinear effect of ozone on corn yields using data for the years 1993-2011 from a comprehensive sample of the Eastern United States that accounts for 91% of U.S. corn production. Our county-level panel analysis links observed historic corn yields to various air pollution measures constructed from fine-scaled hourly pollution monitor data. We find a statistically significant critical threshold of 72 ppb for hourly daytime ozone, considerably higher than the 40 ppb threshold derived in controlled experiments that is used as a standard in Europe. The reduction in peak ozone levels is responsible for 41% of the observed trend in average yields in 1993-2011. Our results improve the understanding of the benefits from environmental regulations and contribute to better projections of future agricultural yields and long-term commodity prices.

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Factors influencing small holder farmers adoption of climate smart agriculture p r a c t i c e s in w e l m e r a w o r e d a , c e n t r a l e t h i o p i a provisionally accepted.

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Adoption of climate smart agriculture practices believed significantly lessened the devastating impact of climate change on agriculture. However, in developing countries like Ethiopia, adoption and use level remains low. Understanding farmers' levels of CSA practice adoption and influencing factors is therefore crucial. The goal of the study was to evaluate the degree to which various CSA practices were being used in the study area, as well as adoption determinants. The study was conducted in Welmera district, Oromia, Ethiopia. Three kebeles were chosen from the district, and a random sample of 306 farmers was picked. We utilized a cross-sectional household survey, a focus group discussion, and interviews with key informants. A multivariate probit model was employed to investigate factors influencing adoption of multiple climate-smart agriculture practices. According to the result, Conservation agriculture, integrated soil fertility management, and crop diversification are the most often used CSA practices. The results also revealed that men farmers outperformed female farmers in terms of crop diversity and improved animal feed and feeding practice adoption. Farmers' age has a considerable and unfavorable impact on their likelihood of adopting improved soil fertility management and crop diversification. However, it has a positive and considerable impact on the adoption of agroforestry practices. According to economic factors, having a relatively big farmland area considerably enhances the adoption of conservation agriculture, enhances soil fertility management, crop diversity, improved livestock feed and feeding methods, and postharvest technology practice. Improved livestock feed and feeding are more likely to be used if farm income is higher. Having significant number of animals strongly promotes conservation agriculture adoption, and access to financial services positively impacts agroforestry, diversification of crops, and postharvest technology practice adoption. Furthermore, institutional factors including access to the agricultural extension services and trainings were discovered important and beneficial for crop diversification; similarly, access to field day participation was discovered to have a significant and positive impact on the adoption of conservation agriculture and improved soil fertility management practices. It is critical to raise awareness about climate change among farmers and experts, as well as to incorporate location-specific CSA practices into agricultural programs.

Keywords: Data curation, investigation, methodology, supervision, Writing -review & editing. Mesay Hailu Gudina: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, resources, Software

Received: 20 Oct 2023; Accepted: 18 Mar 2024.

Copyright: © 2024 Gudina and Alemu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Mr. Mesay H. Gudina, Kulumssa Research Center, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural research (EIAR), Assela, Ethiopia

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Every five years the USDA conducts an agricultural census in order to better understand changes in the agricultural landscape. The latest release occurred in mid-February 2024 and provided a glimpse into the landscape of agriculture throughout the U.S.

With respect to Georgia, the market value of agricultural products increased by 16% to over $13 billion. Georgia ranked second in the Southeast in market value of products sold behind North Carolina. However, the number of farms decreased by 7% from 2017 to 2022 with just under 40,000 farms in Georgia. The amount of acreage remained relatively the same, but average farm size increased from 235 to 253 acres (or an 8% increase). The largest losses in farm numbers came at the 1-9 acre level (decreased by 26%) while 2,000+ acre farm numbers increased by 22%.

Georgia farms also saw changes in the legal structure of farms. The number of family/individual and partnerships decreased by 9% and 7%, respectively. However, farms as corporations increased by 18%.

Examining individual Georgia agricultural sectors, Georgia experienced the following with respect to market value of crops sold: -Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, sod increased by 15% to $441 million -Poultry and eggs increased by 22% to $7.9 billion -Cattle and calves decreased by 12% to $380 million -Cotton increased by 39% to $1.2 billion -Vegetables, melons, potatoes, increased by 1% to $681 million -Fruits, tree nuts, and berries decreased by 3% to $486 million

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This dissertation consists of three essays in applied microeconomics. While the topics vary, the three papers are united in their use of causal inference techniques and their relevance to policy: each paper either evaluates effects of an existing policy or examines whether new policies are needed for consumer protection.

The first essay examines the effects of access to Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) on financial well-being. Many American consumers have limited access to credit, raising the question of whether an increase in credit access would make them better off. Fully rational individuals would use an increase in credit access to smooth consumption, yet real consumers may make financial mistakes by accumulating debts they cannot repay. I study the effects of making BNPL accessible to American consumers, including those who otherwise have limited access to credit. This paper provides the first causal evidence of how access to BNPL affects severe measures of financial distress and credit scores. Using credit bureau data and a two-way fixed effects identification strategy that exploits geographic and temporal variation in availability of BNPL at a large retailer, I find that access to BNPL reduces financial distress arising from late or missed debt payments. The total amount past due decreases by 2.4% and the number of current delinquencies decreases by 0.2%. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that these effects are strongest among consumers with “fair” credit scores, the second- lowest credit score category. I also find that BNPL access increases credit scores by an average of 1.6 points and increases use of non-BNPL credit. These results suggest that access to BNPL reduces financial distress rather than causing consumers to accumulate unsustainable debts.

The second essay studies how public financing for political campaigns affects political participation and campaign contributions. Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers program provides a unique form of public financing for political campaigns in which voters decide how to allocate public funding across candidates. This paper is the first to study the effects of public financing for political campaigns on political participation. I estimate that the Democracy Vouchers program increases voter turnout by 4.9 percentage points, suggesting that public financing programs can increase political participation. I also find that campaigns become more reliant on small contributions. For city council candidates, dollars from small contributions under $100 increase by 156% while dollars from large contributions over $250 decrease by 93%.

The third essay examines how legalizing marijuana affects fertility. State-level marijuana legalization has unintended consequences, including its effect on fertility. Marijuana use is associated with behaviors that increase fertility as well as physical changes that lower fertility. In this paper, I provide the first causal evidence of the effects of recreational marijuana legalization on birth rates using a difference-in-differences design that exploits variation in marijuana legalization across states and over time. The main result is that legalizing recreational marijuana decreases a state's birth rate by an average of 2.78%. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the largest decrease in the birth rate occurs among women close to the end of their child-bearing years. I find suggestive evidence of increases in days of marijuana use per month and in the probability of being sexually active. Together, these findings show that the physical effects of marijuana use have the dominant effect on fertility. Finally, I examine the effects of medical marijuana legalization on fertility and find a smaller, statistically insignificant decrease in the birth rate, which is consistent with the smaller increase in marijuana use that results from medical legalization.

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