Applied Methods for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

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).