Linkages between Agricultural Policies and Environmental Effects : Using the OECD Stylised Agri-environmental Policy Impact Model (OECD Green Growth Strategy)

Foreword......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Executive Summary......Page 11
Introduction......Page 15
Agriculture-environment interactions: Model choices......Page 17
General framework for agri-environmental externalities in a heterogeneous landscape......Page 18
Soil erosion......Page 23
Greenhouse gas emissions......Page 25
Pesticides......Page 27
Water quality (nutrient pollution)......Page 28
Livestock manure related emissions and policies......Page 30
Broad-ranging agricultural policies and multiple environmental effects......Page 31
Farm-level modelling approaches under heterogeneous conditions......Page 32
Theoretical framework......Page 35
Empirical applications using Finnish data......Page 43
Policy simulations and results......Page 45
Summary of the Finnish case study......Page 59
Switzerland: The environmental effects of dairy production......Page 63
Theoretical framework......Page 65
Empirical application on the basis of Swiss data......Page 71
Policy simulations and results......Page 76
Summary of the Swiss case study......Page 81
United States: The environmental effects of crop production and conservation auctions......Page 85
Theoretical framework......Page 87
Empirical application on the basis of the US Corn Belt......Page 90
Results......Page 93
Summary of the US case study......Page 100
Policy context and analytical framework......Page 103
Theoretical framework......Page 108
Empirical framework......Page 111
Policy simulations and results......Page 118
Summary of the Japanese case study......Page 125
Sensitivity analysis of model parameters......Page 129
Sensitivity analysis of SAPIM case studies......Page 130
Comparing environmental and economic impacts......Page 137
Comparative analysis results......Page 139
Conclusions......Page 141
Annex A. The Finnish case study......Page 147
Annex B. The Swiss case study: Background data......Page 149
Annex C. The Japanese case study: Empirical specification......Page 151
Bibliography......Page 165