Applied methods for agriculture and natural resource management : a festschrift in honor of Richard E. Howitt /: a festschrift in honor of Richard E. Howitt. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Siwa Msangi and Duncan MacEwan.
• Editors: Msangi, Siwa; MacEwan, Duncan
• Other Names: Howitt, Richard E honoree.
• Contents: Preface.- Foreword (Gordon Rausser).- Introduction (Siwa Msangi).- Part I: Applied Methods for Agricultural Production and Sector Modeling.- Towards Econometric Mathematical Programming for Policy Analysis (Bruno Henry de Frahan).- Soil and Crop Choice (Peter Berck and Lunyu Xie).- Spatial Equilibrium, Imperfect Competition and Calibrating Models (Quirino Paris).- Part II: Applied Methods for Water Resource Management.- Payment for Environmental Services: How Big Must Be the Check to Multi-Product Farmers? (Marcelo Torres de Oliveira and Richard E. Howitt).- Optimal Allocation of Groundwater Resources: Managing Water Quantity and Quality (Qiuqiong Huang, Scott Rozelle, Richard E. Howitt, James E. Wilen).- Managing Urban and Agricultural Water Demand in Northern China: The Case of Luancheng County, Hebei Province (Siwa Msangi).- Part III: Application of Information-Theoretic Methods.- Using Moment Constraints in GME Estimation (Richard E. Howitt and Siwa Msangi).- Estimating Field-Level Rotations as Dynamic Cycles (Duncan MacEwan and Richard E. Howitt).- Part IV: Using Quantitative Methods to Inform Decision-making in Agriculture and Resource Policy.- Water Into Wine and Cheese: Implications of Substitution and Trade for California's Perennial Water Woes (Daniel Sumner and Qianyao Pan).- Climate Policies as Water Policies (Kazim Konyar and George Frisvold).- Enhancing Productivity and Market Access for Key Staples in the EAC Region: An Economic Analysis of Biophysical and Market Potential (Siwa Msangi, Kennedy Were, Bernard Musana, Joseph Mudiope, Leonidas Dusengemungu, Lucas Tanui, Jean-Claude Muhutu, George Ayaga, Geophrey Kajiru, and Birungi Korutaro).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.1/4; Agriculture -- Environmental aspects; Crops and climate -- Environmental aspects; Global warming; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030134877; 3030134873
• Related ISBNs: 9783030134860
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 22, 2019)
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