Agricultural Economics Society 81st Annual Conference 2nd to 4th April 2007
University of Reading
Monday 2nd April 2007
Time
Morning
Registration
10.30
Executive Meeting
12.00
Lunch
12.45
Plenary Session
Rm. Madejski
David Blandford, Tim Josling, Alan
Swinbank
2.15
Contributed Paper 1
Berkeley Hill & David Blandford
Agricultural Policy
Chair: Paul Wilson
Paul Keatley & Duncan Anderson
Rm Madejski
Development
Euan Fleming & Pauline Fleming
Chair Steve Wiggins
Rm GU04
Gero Carletto, Benjamin Davis, Angeli
Kirk & Kostas Stamoulis
Josef Apfelbeck, Marco Huigen &
Climate Change
Chair Ian Hodge
Tatjana Krimly
Rm 1L04
Anita Wreford, Neil Adger, Mike
Hulme
Ben White, Jananee Raguragavan, &
Environment
Chair Alistair McVittie Robert C. Chambers
Rm. 1L06
Sergio Colombo & Nick Hanley
3.15
Tea
3.30
Contributed Paper 2
Uwe Latacz-Lohmann & Steven
Environment
Chair Andrew Moxey
Schilizzi
Rm. Madejski
Jochen Kantelhardt and Karin Eckstein
Abhijit Sharma, Alasitar Bailey, Marco
Technology
Chair Stephen
Bertaglia & Iain Fraser
The Impasse at the WTO: Implications for Agricultural Policy
Taxation Concessions As Instruments Of Agricultural Policy
Less Favoured Area Compensatory Payments: Rationale, Effectiveness And Future
Evidence On Trends In The Single Factoral Terms Of Trade In African Agricultural Commodity
Production
Non Traditional Exports, Traditional Constraints: the Adoption and Diffusion of Cash Crops
among Smallholders in Guatemala
Simulating The Effects Of Climatic Change On District- And Farm-Level Decision Making In The
Danube Catchment Area.
Assessing the future economic impact of extreme climatic events on agriculture in Europe
Agri-environmental Regulation on the Back of a Data Envelopment Analysis
What Determines Prediction Errors In “Benefits Transfer” Models?
Assessing The Performance Of Conservation Auctions: An Experimental Study*
Do Farmers Provide Agri-Environmental Services Efficiently? – An Economic Analysis.
Modelling the technology adoption decision: theory and empirical evidence
Ramsden
Rm 1L06
Development
Chair Paul Winters
Rm. GU04
Environment
Chair Alistair Bailey
Rm. 1L04
Rural Issues
Chair Peter Midmore
Rm. 1L14
4.30
Rm. Madejski
Rm. 1L04
7.00
C.S.Srinivasan
Plant Varieties, Intellectual Property Rights And Innovation In UK Agriculture
Knud Jørgen Munk
Bob Baulch, Le Dang Trung, Henrik
Hansen and Tran Ngo Minh Tam
Salvatore Di falco & Jean-Paul Chavas
On the rationale for the use of border taxes in developing countries
Heinz Ahrens & Jochen Kantelhardt
Integrating Ecological And Economic Aspects In Land Use Concepts
E. Ariel Bergmann, Sergio Colombo &
Nick Hanley
The Social-Environmental Impacts Of Renewable Energy Expansion In Scotland
Danny Campbell
Combining Mixed Logit Models And Random Effects Models To Identify The Determinants Of
Willingness To Pay For Rural Landscape Improvements
Symposium 1
Prabhu Pingali, Peter Hazell, Jonathan
Kydd
Richard Tiffin
Dinner
Tuesday 3rd April 2007
9.00 - 10.15
Contributed Papers 3
Production
Evridiki Kaliakatsou & Colin Thirtle
Chair Tahir Rehman
Rm. 1L06
Johannes Sauer & Damas Phillip
Bio-Economics
Chair Uwe Latacz
Lohmann
Rm. Madejski
Demand/Health Issue
Chair Caroline
Saunders
Rm. 1L04
Emma Dillon, Alan Matthews & Fiona
Thorne
Shefali V. Mehta, Robert G. Haight, &
Frances R. Homans
Marco Bertaglia, Abhijit Sharma,
Alastair Bailey, Iain Fraser
Mario Mazzocchi & W Bruce Traill
Bill Kaye-Blake
M. Arnoult, A. Lobb, S. Chambers &
R. Tiffin
Testing For Food Market Integration: A Study Of The Vietnamese Paddy Market
Rainfall Shocks, Resilience And The Effects Of Crop Biodiversity On Agro-Ecosystem Productivity
Agriculture Development in a Global Context
Food Demand
Decomposing The Impacts Of Ozone Pollution, R&D Cutbacks, The Demise Of Free Agricultural
Extension Services, Farm Size And Policies On UK Farm Yields
Soil Quality, Land Prices And Farm Efficiency –A Hedonic Panel Frontier Analysis
A Cost-Effectiveness Study Of Animal Disease Eradication Strategies: Foot-And-Mouth Disease
(FMD) In Ireland.
The Value-Of-Information In Invasive Species Management: The Value Of Research In Reducing
Uncertainty
Perceptions Of Biocontrol And The Adoption Of New Pest Management Strategies In The UK
Calories, Obesity and Health in OECD Countries
Modelling Refusal Of Genetically Modified Food
UK Consumer’s Attitude To, And Willingness To Pay For Novel Foods
Production
Economics
Chair James Jones
Rm. GU04
Allan J Butler & Martin M Turner
Modelling Integrated Dairy Systems In The UK: Towards Economic And Environmental
Sandra Saïd & Sophie Thoyer
Reform of the Grass Premium in France, What design for an auction-based allocation mechanism?
10.00
11.00
Keynote Speaker
Chair Tim Josling
Rm Madejski
Poster Papers (with Tea/Coffee)
Plenary Session 2
Daniel A. Sumner
Professor, Department of Agricultural
and Resource Economics, University of
California, Davis
Lunch
AGM followed by Presidential
Address by Professor Ian Hodge,
University of Cambridge
Tea /Coffee
Contributed Paper Session 4
Alison Bailey, John Quinton, Martyn
Silgram, Carly Stevens, Bob Jackson
Breda Lally, Brendan Riordan, & Tom
van Rensburg
Thia Hennessy & Shailesh Shrestha
12.30
13.30
Rm Madejski
15.00
15.30
Environment
Chair Janet Dwyer
Rm. IL04
Agricultural Policy
Chair David Colman
Rm 1L06
Farmer Attitudes
Chair Caroline
Hattam
Rm GU04
Trade
Chair Ken Thomson
Rm. Madejski
Transition Countries
Chair David Harvey
Rm 1L14
Martin Henseler
Tahir Rehman, Chris Garforth, Kevin
McKemey, Chris Yates & Ram Rana
The US Farm Bill
The Governance of Rural Land in a Liberalised World
Determining The Cost Effectiveness Of Solutions To Diffuse Pollution: The Case Of Mitigation
Options For Phosphorous And Sediment Loss
Controlling Agricultural Emissions Of Nitrates: Regulations Versus Taxes
Simulating A Market For Milk Quota Under Policy Reforms: An Irish Study
Comparison Between Impacts Of CAP Reform Scenario In The German Neckar River Basin And In
England
Incorporating elements of farmers’ behaviour into Agricultural Policy Models
Alan Swinbank and Carsten Daugbjerg
Changing Attitudes: Does Personal Experience Matter? A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
with Panel Data
Curbing Agricultural Exceptionalism: The EU’s Response to External Challenge
C. Saunders and J.D. Santiago
An analysis of the EU positions in WTO: impact on EU and New Zealand
Aysel Tutkun
Laure Latruffe, Sophia Davidova,
Elodie Douarin & Matthew Gorton
Maria Sassi
The Potential Growth Of Individual Farms In The NMS Post-EU Accession
Structural Change And Economic Convergence Across The Eu-15 Regions: Can The Agricultural
Sector Play A Role?
16.30
Organics
Chair Philip Lund
Rm. 1L14
Development
Chair Wyn Morgan
Rm. GU04
Social Capital
Chair Anita Wreford
Rm 1L06
Trade
Chair Alan Swinbank
Rm 1L04
Shorter Contributed/Discussion
Papers
Alan W. Renwick & Cesar L. Revoredo
Giha
Bob Bansback
Steve Wiggins
Habtu T. Weldegebriel
I. Patrick & M. Bavorova
Tom M. van Rensburg, Edel Doherty
& Catherine Murray
T Donnellan, T Hennessy, & F Thorne,
Elizabeth Gotor and Marinos E Tsigas
Klaus Kogler & Caroline Saunders
Land Use
Chair Ben White
Rm. Madejski
Evening
Holger Bergmann and Kenneth J.
Thomson
Mark O Brien & Thia Hennessy
Conference Dinner
Modelling the Adoption of Crop Rotation Practices in Organic Mixed Farms
Increasing Supplies Of British Organic Beef
Is a green revolution taking place in West Africa?
The Economics of Rotating and Credit Associations (ROSCAS): Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Social capital and agribusiness linkages; lessons learned in Indonesia and the Czech Republic
Exploring Social Capital in Two Environmental Partnerships in Ireland
World Trade Talks and the EU Milk Quota Regime – The Time for Reform?
The Agricultural Dimension Of The EU Economic Partnership Reformed Sugar Trade Regime. A
General Equilibrium Analysis On Development
Single Farm Payment In The European Union And Its Implications On New Zealand Dairy And Beef
Trade
Agricultural Multifunctionality: Concepts, Observation, Encouragement
Exploring the Factors Affecting Farm Investment Decisions
Wednesday 4th April 2007
9.00
Contributed Session 5
Alistair McVittie, Dominic Moran & Clare Hall
Markets
Chair Habtu
Weldegebriel
Michele Nardella
RmGU04
C.A. Cockerill, S.M. Chilton & W.G.
Decision Making
Chair Brendan
Hutchinson
Riordan
Elizabeth Jackson, Mohammed Quaddus, Nazrul
Rm1L06
Islam, John Stanton & Zohurul Hoque
Organics
Johannes Sauer, Jesper Graversen & Tim Park
Chair Bob Bansback
Rm 1L04
Caroline Hattam
Sustainability
Janet Dwyer, Julie Ingram and James Kirwan
Chair Brendan Bayley
Rm Madejski
Noel Russell
10.00
Coffee
10.30
Symposium 2
Rm. Madejski
Wilfred Legg (organisor), Kevin Parris, Andrew
Moxey, David Cawley
Rm 1L04
Paul Winters, Katia Covarrubius, Benjamin
Davis and Alberto Zezza
12.00
Lunch and Depart
12.30
Executive Meeting
The non-market benefits of rural service provision
Price efficiency and speculative trading in cocoa futures markets
Household Decision Making Models And The Value Of Child Farm Safety
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach For Determining Adoption Of Agricultural Price Risk
Management Strategies
Breathtaking Or Stagnating? – Productivity And Technical Change In Danish Organic
Farming
Bayes Estimates of Time to Organic Certification
Can Markets Deliver Green Farming? – An Environmental Evaluation Of Produce Protocols
And Supply Chain Relationships
Analysing the sustainability of farming: Economic, ecological and commercial criteria
Environmental performance of agriculture: recent results and policy implications for the
OECD and UK
Rural economic activity in developing countries