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areas, in many cases providing detailed and technical analysis
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- 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)
- Public
Funding for Research into Specialty Crops (pdf,
342kb, May 2007)
This paper considers public funding for R&D directed to specialty crops.
Specific questions to be addressed include whether R&D for specialty crops
has been underfunded, both in absolute terms and relative to other crops and
agriculture more generally.
Authors: Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey
- The Effects of Market Power on the size and Distribution of Benefits from the Ethanol Subsidy (Aug. 2007, pdf, 220kb). Tina L. Saitone, Richard J. Sexton and Steven E. Sexton. This paper develops a model for determining the production and price impacts and distribution benefits from the U.S. ethanol subsidy when upstream sellers in the seed sector and downstream buyers in the processing sector may exercise market power.
- Effects
of Milk Marketing Order Regulation on the Share of
Fluid-Grade Milk in the United States (html,
May 2007) by Joseph V. Balagtas, Aaron Smith, and Daniel
A. Sumner. Forthcoming in AJAE. This study
presents an econometric model that exploits regional
and temporal variation in policy implementation to
identify the effect of marketing orders on the grade
A share of milk.
- Domestic
Support and Border Measures for Processed Horticultural
Products (html, April 2007) 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.
- Traceability,
Liability, and Incentives for Food Safety and Quality (pdf)
Daniel A. Sumner and Sébastian Pouliot. This paper
provides information about suppliers that allows application
of liability for food safety or other product quality
problems. Revised July 2007.
- United
States South Korea Free Trade Agreement: What it Would
Mean for California Agriculture (pdf, 508kb, March
2007) 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.
- Aggregate
Costs and Benefits of Government Invasive Species Control
Activities (pdf, 163kb,September
2006) Daniel A. Sumner, Henrich Brunke
and Marcia Kreith. Proceedings of The International Conference
on the Future of Agriculture: Science, Stewardship, and
Sustainability, August 7-9, 2006.
- Hurricanes
and Invasive Species: the Economics and Spatial Dynamics
of Eradication Policies (pdf, 76kb)
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.
- Effects
of Price Premiums for Multiple Product Attributes on Product
Quality: California Processing Tomatoes (pdf)
Corinne Alexander, Rachael E. Goodhue, Sandeep Mohapatra,
and Gordon C. Rausser examine how growers respond to price
incentives and how these incentives interact for two important
processing tomato quality attributes: limited use tomatoes
and material other than tomatoes.
- Political
Market Power of Milk Producers Reflected in U.S. Milk
Pricing Regulations (pdf)
This paper assesses the political market power of milk
producers relative to buyers in two ways.
- Wine
in China (pdf)
Scott Rozelle, Daniel A. Sumner and Jikun Huang. The project
summarizes a year of work researching China's wine economy.
The study examines the horticultural and wine economy
in China, and California's wine relationship with China.
- Does
7 to 9 a day pay? The Economic Benefits to Fruit and Vegetable
Industries Should People Consume the USDA Recommendations
(pdf)
Karen M. Jetter, James A. Chalfant, and Daniel A. Sumner.
This article estimates the economic impact on fruit and
vegetable industries in the U.S. from an increase in consumption
to levels recommended in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
2005. This study represents the first attempt to quantify
the effect on growers who could expect to gain from such
an increase.
- Domestic
Support and Border Measures for Processed Horticultural
Products: Analysis of EU Tomato Protection and Subsidies
(pdf)
Bradley J. Rickard and Daniel A. Sumner. This paper examines
the effects of domestic support applied to a non-traded
farm-produced commodity together with border measures
applied to value-added products in the processed tomato
industry.
- EU
Support of its Processing Tomato Industry and the Competitive
Consequences for California (pdf)
Bradley J. Rickard and Daniel A. Sumner. This article
models and measures the impacts on global markets and
on the California industry of potential reductions of
import barriers and subsidies established for the processing
tomato industry in the European Union.
- Mediterranean
Agriculture in the Global Marketplace: A Project Comparing
Policy Approaches in California and the Southern EU States
(pdf)
Lee Ann Patterson and Tim Josling. This project explores
the similarities and the differences in the policies influencing
the market for five key Mediterranean commodities. The
commodities are olives (including table olives and olive
oil), grapes (including table grapes, wine and raisins),
tree-nuts (primarily almonds), citrus (primarily oranges),
and tomatoes (including fresh and canned tomatoes).
- Bee-conomics
and the Leap in Pollination Fees (pdf)
Daniel A. Sumner and Hayley Boriss. According to entemologists
and other experts, pollinators available to service California
agriculture has fallen steadily. At the same time, demand
for pollination services has risen. This article examines
the forces behind these market adjustments and some of
the consequences for California agriculture.
- 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.
-
A Factbook About our Agricultural Working Landscapes
(pdf, 8.76mb)
Edited by Alvin D. Sokolow, John Speka and Jeff Woled.
Community Studies Extension, University of California,
Davis. October 2004, 34 pages.
- Evaluation
of Quality Testing for California Pistachios (pdf,
133kb)
This study discusses the economic rational for an industry's
collective action and presents the federal marketing order
for California pistachio as an example. If further details
the process and requirements for establishing of a marketing
order.
Authors: Julian M. Alston, Henrich Brunke, Richard S.
Gray, and Daniel A. Sumner.
Chapter 14 in H. Kaiser, J.M. Alston, J. Crespi, and R.J.
Sexton (eds). Commodity Promotion Programs in California:
Economic Evaluation and Legal Issues. Peter Lang Publishing
(2005).
- Industry-Mandated
Testing to Improve Food Safety: the New US Marketing Order
for Pistachios (pdf, 79kb)
This study investigates the federal marketing order and
outlines how collective action in the form of a marketing
order can serve as a useful tool to ensure a safe food
product and increase benefits to producers and consumers.
Authors: Henrich Brunke, Julian M. Alston, Richard S.
Gray, and Daniel A. Sumner.
German Journal of Agricultural Economics. Special Issue
on Food Quality, Incomplete Consumer Information and the
Role of Markets and the State. (2004).
- Analyzing
Vertical Market Structure and Its Implications for Trade
Liberalization and Market Access (pdf)
A working paper by Sexton, R.J., I. Sheldon, S. McCorriston,
and H. Wang. University of California, Davis, June 2004.
- An
Alternative Natural Beef Production System (pdf)
A Differentiation Strategy for California Producers and
Packers by Ricardo Verazza Paganini. ARE Update No. 8,
Vol. 1, Sept./Oct. 2004. University of California Department
of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
-
Trends in U.S. Fresh Produce Marketing (pdf)
PowerpPoint presentation by Roberta Cook, Keynote Speaker,
California Fresh Produce and Floral Council, Oakland,
California, September 13, 2004.
Value-added (fresh-cut produce) is emphasized.
- Explaining
Disparities in the Cost of Healthier Foods (ppt)
Slides from a presentation by Karen M. Jetter and Diana
L. Cassady at the American Agricultural Economics Associationmeetings
in Denver, Colorado, August 2, 2004.
- Modeling
Farmland Conversion with New GIS Data (pdf)
Nicolai V. Kuminoff and Daniel A. Sumner use an analytical
and econometric approach, and new GIS data, to analyze
the farmland conversion process, including the effects
of the agricultural-urban edge, farm returns, real estate
markets, population growth, and development restrictions.
- Modeling
Farmland Conversion with New GIS Data (pdf)
Slides from the presentation by Nicolai V. Kuminoff at
the annual meetings of the American Association of Agricultural
Economists, Chicago, August 7, 2001.
- Agriculture
in an E-Commerce World (html)
This site contains presentations and background material
from the UC Executive Seminar "Agriculture in an
E-Commerce World," held December 4th, 2000 in Sacramento,
California and co-hosted by the Agricultural Issues Center
and the UC Center for Cooperatives.
- Farmland,
Urbanization, and Agriculture in the Sacramento Region
(pdf)
A paper prepared by Alvin D. Sokolow and Nicolai V. Kuminoff
for the Capitol Region Institute,Sacramento Regional Futures
Compendium. This paper uses recent data on land use, agricultural
production and population growth to discuss the future
of agriculture in the Sacramento Region.
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