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LAND REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKETS IN RUSSIA

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2005
Rusia

Russia has experienced dramatic changes in land ownership and land tenure since the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991: agricultural land has been largely privatized, individual landowners now have legal rights to most agricultural land in the country, and previous prohibitions on buying and selling of land have been removed by recent laws.

Land Reform and Development of Agricultural Land Markets in Russia

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Conference Papers & Reports
Diciembre, 2005
Rusia

Russia has experienced dramatic changes in land ownership and tenure since 1991, but the development of land markets is still circumscribed by inadequate administrative and technical infrastructure. The paper discusses the evolving legal framework for land reform, the impacts on privatization and ownership of agricultural land, and the emergence of land market transactions.

Economic and Environmental Co-benefits of Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils: Retiring Agricultural Land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2005

This study investigates the carbon sequestration potential and co-benefits from policies aimed at retiring agricultural land in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, a large, heavily agricultural area. We extend the empirical measurement of co-benefits from the previous focus on environmental benefits to include economic transfers.

Evaluation of the Efficiency of Agricultural Holdings in View of Structural Changes in Estonia

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Conference Papers & Reports
Diciembre, 2005
Estonia

This presentation provides comparative analysis of agricultural holdings in Estonia based on the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data. The FADN data for reference years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 have been analysed. The FADN data analyses showed, that there are very big differences in the structure of the agricultural holdings.

Land Improvements Under Land Tenure Insecurity: The Case of Liming in Finland

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Conference Papers & Reports
Diciembre, 2005
Finlandia

This article solves and characterizes optimal decision rules to invest in irreversible land improvements conditional on land tenure insecurity. Economic model is a normative dynamic programming model with known parameters for the one period returns and transition equations.

Multifunctionality of Agriculture: An Inquiry Into the Complementarity Between Landscape Preservation and Food Security

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Conference Papers & Reports
Diciembre, 2005
Finlandia
Noruega
Islandia

Without support, the levels of agricultural public goods will fall short of the demand in high cost countries like Norway, Finland and Iceland. However, as demonstrated in this paper using Norway as a case, the current support and agricultural activity is far out of proportions from a public goods perspective.

RESULTS OF THE NORTH DAKOTA LAND VALUATION MODEL FOR THE 2005 AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2005

This report summarizes the 2005 results of the North Dakota Land Valuation Model. The model is used annually to estimate average land values by county, based on the value of production from cropland and non-cropland. The county land values developed from this procedure form the basis for the 2005 valuation of agricultural land for real estate tax assessment.

Income Earning Potential versus Consumptive Amenities in Determining Ranchland Values

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Journal Articles & Books
Diciembre, 2005

The relative importance of income earning potential versus consumptive values in setting ranchland prices is examined using a truncated hedonic model. The market value of New Mexico ranches is related to annual income earning potential and other ranch characteristics including ranch size, location, elevation, terrain, and the amount of deeded, public, and state trust land on the ranch.

ANALYSIS OF SOIL FERTILITY TESTING PROCEDURES USING UNIFORM, TOPOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER SITE-SPECIFIC METHODS

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Policy Papers & Briefs
Diciembre, 2005

This study summarizes an analysis of uniform, topographical and other site-specific soil fertility testing procedures based on observations of various crops at various locations in North Dakota and one location in Minnesota for 2001 through 2004. Results showed little difference in economic returns among the soil fertility testing methods by crop or location.