The direct economic effects of a policy to provide government subsidized price discounts for the purchase of fruit and vegetable by food stamp recipients.
January 2008 (pdf, 88kb) Karen M. Jetter.
This study evaluates the direct benefits and costs to consumers and producers from changes in prices, consumption and production, of a policy to offer government price discounts on fresh fruit and vegetable to food stamp recipients.
A Framework for Assessment of California Agroecosystems
Tom Tomich, Kelly Garbach, Canter, Agricultural Sustainability Institute, UC Davis (pdf, 2400 kb, 2007)
Modeling Agroecosystem Services for Policy Analysis
John Antle, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University
(pdf, 190 kb, 2007)
Evaluating Regulation and Conservation Policy
for California’s Agri-environmental Externalities
Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech. (pdf, 575 kb, 2007)
Using Biophysical Information in Policies for Agroecosystem Services in California
Louise Jackson, Department of Air, Water, and Land Resources, UC Davis (pdf, 440 kb, 2007)
Effects of Price Premiums for Multiple Product Attributes on Product Quality: California Processing Tomatoes (Nov. 2006, pdf, 81 kb) by Corinne Alexander, Rachael E. Goodhue, Sandeep Mohapatra, and Gordon C. Rausser.
AIC
ISSUES BRIEFS
California International Agricultural Exports in 2006 (AIC Issues Brief #32, pdf, 360kb)
by Omid Rowhani and Daniel A. Sumner
This year was the fifth consecutive year that California witnessed increases in agricultural export value to foreign destinations. California exports increased by 5 percent in 2006 and reached a record high with total exports nearing $9.8 billion.
California International Agricultural Exports in 2005 (AIC Issues Brief #31, pdf, 92kb)
by Omid Rowhani and Daniel A. Sumner
In 2005 California’s agricultural exports surpassed $9 billion for the first time. The $9.3 billion in exports is a new record and represents a 13 percent increase from 2004.
The
2002 Census of Agriculture: A Wealth of Useful Data (no.26,
Aug. 2004, pdf)
by Daniel A. Sumner, Henrich Brunke, José E. Bervejillo
The recently released 2002 Census of Agriculture provides
a wealth of new information that will help frame production,
marketing and policy decisions about American agriculture
Californias
International Agricultural Exports in 2002 (no.23, Nov.
2003, pdf)
José E. Bervejillo and Daniel A. Sumner. The value
of Californias agricultural exports in 2002 remained
unchanged from 2001 at about $6.5 billion. The data reported
in this AIC Issues Brief describe international agricultural
exports for 2002 as well as revisions for 2000 and 2001.
County Right-to-Farm
Ordinances in California: An Assessment of Impact and Effectiveness
(no. 15, May 2001, pdf)
Matthew Wacker, Alvin D. Sokolow and Rachel Elkins perform
a comparative study of county-adopted ordinances and their
implementation in 15 agricultural counties in California's
Central Valley and coastal regions.
Management Changes and
Impacts of the 1996 Farm Act (no. 5, March 1998, html)
Warren E. Johnston and Lyle P. Schertz summarize the findings
of a 1997 panel of professional farm managers on the impact
of the 1996 Farm Act in the Sacramento Valley.
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AIC QUARTERLY ARTICLES
(You may have to browse the Quarterly to find the indicated
article.)
Volume 19, Number 2,
of the AIC Quarterly 2005 (pdf, 263kb)
This AIC Quarterly summarizes 15 of the presentations given
at the two-day California Agricultural Symposium held in
Sacramento on March 24 and 25, 2005.
Volume
18 No.2, 2004 (pdf)
California food production outpaces population growth
Volume
17, No. 1, 2003 (pdf)
Food labeling lacks consistency
Long-term scenarios for California agriculture explored
Volume
16, No. 3, 2002 (pdf)
Study generates cost expenditure data for crop insurance
programs
Volume
16, No. 2, 2002 (pdf)
Study relates income with vegetable consumption
Volume 15, No. 3,
2001 (pdf)
Production input expenditure studies will help improve crop
insurance
USDA grant will boost value-added agriculture
Volume 15, No. 1,
2001 (pdf)
Right-to-Farm Ordinances Reviewed
Volume 14, No. 3,
2000 (pdf)
The Federal Role in Farmland Conservation
Commission Director Outlines Farm Policy Issues
Volume 14, No. 2,
2000 (pdf)
Extended Crop Insurance for California Horticultural Crops
Volume 13, No. 4, 1999 (html)
Bruce Gardner Guest Speaker
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RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
Domestic
Support and Border Measures for Processed Horticultural
Products (pdf) by Bradley J. Rickard
and Daniel A. Sumner. This study models reform of agricultural
policies that apply to different stages along the vertical
supply chain and show the importance of even limited input
substitution between raw materials and other inputs. April
2007.
United
States South Korea Free Trade Agreement: What it Would
Mean for California Agriculture (pdf) by Hyunok Lee
and Daniel A. Sumner. This study provides detailed information
and analysis of the potential effects of a South Korea
United States Free Trade Agreement for California Agriculture
on a commodity-by-commodity basis. March 2007.
Hurricanes
and Invasive Species: the Economics and Spatial Dynamics
of Eradication Policies (pdf)
Albert K.A. Acquaye, Julian M. Alston, Hyunok Lee, and Daniel
A. Sumner.
This paper examines the economic impacts of citrus canker
in oranges and the eradication policy in Florida, taking
into account the relationship between costs and benefits
of eradication and the spatial and dynamic aspects of infestation.
Chapter 7 in A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink (Ed.), New Approaches
to the Economics of Plant Health. Springer Publishing. Forthcoming
in March 2007.
Are
Agricultural Policies Making Us Fat? Likely Links between
Agricultural Policies and Human Nutrition and Obesity,
and Their Policy Implications (pdf, 240kb,
Fall 2006) by Julian M. Alston, Daniel A. Sumner, and
Stephen A. Vosti. This paper addresses the likely effects
of agricultural subsidies on obesity both in the United
States and abroad.
Political
Market Power of Milk Producers Reflected in U.S. Milk Pricing
Regulations (July 2006, pdf, 1.06mb) by Byeong-Il Ahn
and Daniel A. Sumner. This paper assesses the political
market power of milk producers relative to buyers in two
ways.
An
Analysis of the Private Costs and Benefits to Californians
from Eating the USDA Recommendations for Fruits and Vegetables
(pdf)
Karen M. Jetter, James A. Chalfant, and Daniel A. Sumner
discuss the potential costs and benefits to producers and
consumers in California, should Californians increase their
intake of fruit and vegetables to meet recommendations for
a cancer prevention diet.
Economic
Impact of the Canadian Cattle and Beef Industry of
a Disruption of Exports of Boxed Beef to the United
States (doc)
Daniel A. Sumner and José Bervejillo. This report evaluates the potential
damage to the Canadian cattle and beef industry if legal challenges were to halt
exports of boxed beef from Canada to the United States in the near future. August
2005.
Commodity
Policy and California Agriculture (pdf, 38kb)
Sumner, D. A. and H. Brunke. Jan. 2004. Chapter 6 in "California
Agriculture: Issues and Challenges." Jerome B. Siebert
(ed). University of California, Giannini Foundation.
Wine
on the Web, Susanne Stricker's thesis (in English.)
(pdf) Institut für Agrarökonomie der Christian-
Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. December 2003
The Agricultural Policy Outlook
(pdf)
Slides from the presentation by Joseph W. Glauber on the
U.S. agricultural policy outlook, October 26, 2000.
Agriculture in Urbanizing
Communities (pdf)
Outline of the presentation given by Alvin D. Sokolow to
the USDA Policy Advisory Committee on Farmland Protection
during the July 21, 2000 listening session at UC Davis.
Also available in pdf format from the listening session
is testimony by Solano County
farmer and rancher, Albert G. Medvitz.
Ex ante Economics of Exotic Disease
Policy: Citrus Canker in California (pdf)
Draft paper by Karen M. Jetter, Daniel A. Sumner and Edwin
L. Civerolo, prepared for presentation at the Conference:
Integrating
Risk Assessment and Economics for Regulatory Decisions,
USDA, Washington, DC, December 7, 2000.
Food Security Papers and Briefing Materials
(html)
This site contains brief papers discussing world food security.
They are written by scientists from multiple disciplines
and universities.
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Value of Improved Data for Agricultural
Commodity Policy Analysis, with Emphasis on Food Security
(pdf)
Revised paper from a seminar presented by Daniel A. Sumner
at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, Rome, Italy, September 4, 2000.
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RELATED LINKS
AIC Director Daniel A. Sumner's University
of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Faculty Webpage
AIC
Associate Director Julian M. Alston's University of California,
Davis, Agricultural and Resource Economics Faculty Webpage
AIC Associate Director Colin A. Carter's
University of California, Davis, Agricultural and Resource
Economics Faculty Webpage
International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
United States Department
of Agriculture
United States Department
of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
United States Department
of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
United
States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
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