Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes

dc.creatorMamun, Abdullah
dc.creatorMartin, Will
dc.creatorTokgoz, Simla
dc.date2021-01-10
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:21Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:24:46Z
dc.descriptionAgricultural support has changed substantially in both rich and poor countries in recent years. In rich countries, there has been a strong move to decoupled subsidies and a fall in average rates of protection. In developing countries, market price support remains the dominant form of protection, and average rates of support have risen—breaking the traditional pattern of taxing agriculture. Emissions from agriculture and land use change have contributed up to a third of total greenhouse gas emissions, with beef, milk and rice production accounting for more than 80% of agricultural emissions. Agricultural support was biased against emission‐intensive goods until recent years and is now only slightly biased toward them. Although emission intensities are relatively higher in the developing countries, they have fallen far more rapidly in developing countries than in the rich countries in the past quarter century, as agricultural productivity has grown in developing countries. Policy reform will be challenging given the strong political‐economy support for the current structure of protection. Increasing investments in research and development to raise productivity and lower the emissions intensity of agricultural output would help agriculture and the environment.F18; F64; Q18; H23; Q58
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142351
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/103613
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAgricultural and Applied Economics Association
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133527
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceMamun, Abdullah; Martin, Will; and Tokgoz, Simla. 2021. Reforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes. Applied Economic Perspectives and 43(4): 1520-1549. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13141
dc.subjectgreenhouse gases
dc.subjectsupport measures
dc.subjectmarket prices
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissions
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.titleReforming agricultural support for improved environmental outcomes
dc.typeJournal Article

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