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Recuperação de mais-valias fundiárias urbanas na América Latina: debilidade na implementação, ambiguidades na interpretação

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Reports & Research
November, 1999
Brazil

Esta tese examina o tema da recuperação de mais-valias fundiárias urbanas, situando-o como campo de investigação multidisciplinar e mapeando seu entendimento no contexto latinoamericano.

FACTORS INFLUENCING SUPPORT FOR RURAL LAND USE CONTROL: A CASE STUDY

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Journal Articles & Books
April, 1999

Agricultural land is being converted into rural residences at an unprecedented rate in the Inter-mountain West. Survey data have been collected for Sublette County, Wyoming concerning preferences for private land use and land use control. Selected land use controls include zoning, purchase of development rights and cluster development.

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CHOICE: A DISCRETE CHOICE APPROACH

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Journal Articles & Books
April, 1999

A discrete choice model and site-specific data are used to analyze land use choices between crop production and pasture in the Corn Belt. The results show that conversion probabilities depend on relative returns, land quality, and government policy. In general it is found that landowners are less inclined to remove land from crop production than to convert land to crop production.

Linkages between rural population ageing, intergenerational transfers of land and agricultural production: are they important?

LandLibrary Resource
December, 1998

The paper considers: the question of whether the process of population ageing affects the ways in which land is passed on between members of different generationsthe likely implications of ageing-related changes in intergenerational transfers for food production in developing countriesThe paper concentrates primarily on rural population ageing in contexts where the individual ownership of lan

STABILIZATION OF UPLAND RICE PRODUCTION UNDER SHORTENED FALLOW IN WEST AFRICA: RESEARCH PRIORITY SETTING IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE

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Conference Papers & Reports
December, 1998

This paper presents a dynamic model of land resource degradation and shifting rice cultivation in West Africa based upon Boserup and Dvorak. The model indicates the ex ante impact of research strategies to maximize the economic benefits of host plant resistance and land resource management and thereby stabilize yield decline and reduce land degradation.

Wetlands and Agriculture: Private Interests and Public Benefits

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Reports & Research
December, 1998
United States of America

Society has recently increased the value it places on the services that wetlands provide, including water quality improvements, flood control, wildlife habitat, and recreation. However, owners of wetlands are often unable to profit from these services because the benefits created are freely enjoyed by many.

PUBLIC FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES: TIMBER PRODUCTION, EXTERNALITIES, AND AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION

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Conference Papers & Reports
December, 1998
Philippines

A dynamic model of deforestation and agricultural expansion in the Philippines is developed to elucidate the economic factors driving current land use trends and determine the efficacy of prevailing public forest management regulations. Optimization results are interpreted to show potential gains and intervention areas to improved national forest resource management.

SUPPORT FOR RURAL LAND USE CONTROLS: PREFERENCES IN SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING

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Conference Papers & Reports
December, 1998

Agricultural land is being converted into rural residences at historic rates. Landholders and residents of amenity rich Sublette County, Wyoming were surveyed concerning preferences for land use controls. Logit models are estimated for policy approval. Private choice variables rather than public choice variables are the primary determinants of policy approval.

DYNAMICS OF OPTIMAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PASTURE PRODUCTION AND MILK YIELDS OF AUSTRALIAN DAIRY FARMS

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Conference Papers & Reports
December, 1998

Deregulation of the Australian dairy industry could effect the utilization of resources by milk producers. In this study we examine the feed input mix dairy producers use, both pastures and supplements, prior to and after deregulation. We are particularly interested in the interaction of pasture utilization and farm profitability.

MODELING IMPACTS OF SOIL CONSERVATION ON PRODUCTIVITY AND YIELD VARIABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM A HETEROSKEDASTIC SWITCHING REGRESSION

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Conference Papers & Reports
December, 1998

The impact of soil conservation adoption on yield and yield risk is investigated using a conditionally heteroskedastic production function with endogenous switching. Analysis shows that controlling for plot-specific factors, adopters exhibit lower yields and higher yield variance than non-adopters. Regression results indicate soil conservation increases yields and reduces yield variance.