Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment

This report summarizes the major findings of a study in which an integrated agro-ecological economic modeling system was constructed around Agriculture Canada\u27s Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of proposed agricultural policies. The discussion covers the integrated modeling system and the policy analysis results, and presents future recommendations that emphasize how the current system can be improved

Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment - Modifications to CRAM and Policy Evaluation Results

Described in this report is the application of an integrated agro-ecological modeling system that has been constructed around Agriculture Canada\u27s Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of proposed agricultural policies for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This integrated modeling system consists of an agricultural decision component and an environmental component

FAPRI 1997 U.S. Agricultural Outlook

The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute develops a long-term outlook for the world agricultural sector once each year. While the initial steps to develop the new baseline start as soon as the previous year’s baseline is completed, the work begins in earnest in September and October with a discussion of policy and macroeconomic assumptions as well as a review of the models to be used in the upcoming exercise. The preliminary baseline is developed in November and that preliminary baseline is then shared among a number of reviewers. During the first or second week of January, more than 100 respondents are brought together for a two-day review process. Each segment of the baseline is presented and examined in a frank and open exchange of views. Subsequent to that review, the preliminary baseline is finalized

Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment - Modifications to CRAM and Policy Evaluation Results

Described in this report is the application of an integrated agro-ecological modeling system that has been constructed around Agriculture Canada's Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of proposed agricultural policies for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This integrated modeling system consists of an agricultural decision component and an environmental component.</p

Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment

This report summarizes the major findings of a study in which an integrated agro-ecological economic modeling system was constructed around Agriculture Canada's Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of proposed agricultural policies. The discussion covers the integrated modeling system and the policy analysis results, and presents future recommendations that emphasize how the current system can be improved.</p

Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment: Project Summary

This report describes an integrated agro-ecological modeling system that was developed to assess the potential economic and soil erosion impacts of different agricultural policies for the Canadian prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The system was constructed by linking erosion metamodels (response functions), based on multiple simulations of the USDA Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator (EPIIC), with a modified version of Agriculture Canada's Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) denoted as RS-CRAM (resource sensitive CRAM). A summary of both the environmental and agricultural decision (RS-CRAM) components are presented, including a description of the modifications and enhancements that were made to CRAM. Results of policy analyses are discussed for the following scenarios: (1) Gross Revenue Insurance Program (GRIIP), (2) sensitivity of GRIP results to different risk levels, (3) tillage practice sensitivity, and (4) industrial crops sensitivity. Future recommendations are also presented, emphasizing how the current system can be improved and the potential to include additional regions, environmental indicators, and other environmental models within the system

FAPRI 1997 U.S. Agricultural Outlook

The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute develops a long-term outlook for the world agricultural sector once each year. While the initial steps to develop the new baseline start as soon as the previous year’s baseline is completed, the work begins in earnest in September and October with a discussion of policy and macroeconomic assumptions as well as a review of the models to be used in the upcoming exercise. The preliminary baseline is developed in November and that preliminary baseline is then shared among a number of reviewers. During the first or second week of January, more than 100 respondents are brought together for a two-day review process. Each segment of the baseline is presented and examined in a frank and open exchange of views. Subsequent to that review, the preliminary baseline is finalized.</p