Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture
To understand the impacts of support programs on global emissions, this paper considers the impacts of domestic subsidies, price distortions at the border, and investments in emission-reducing technologies on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. In a step towards a full evaluation...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Artículo preliminar |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
International Food Policy Research Institute
2020
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143536 |
| _version_ | 1855518377211068416 |
|---|---|
| author | Laborde Debucquet, David Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Piñeiro, Valeria Vos, Rob |
| author_browse | Laborde Debucquet, David Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Piñeiro, Valeria Vos, Rob |
| author_facet | Laborde Debucquet, David Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Piñeiro, Valeria Vos, Rob |
| author_sort | Laborde Debucquet, David |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | To understand the impacts of support programs on global emissions, this paper considers the impacts of domestic subsidies, price distortions at the border, and investments in emission-reducing technologies on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. In a step towards a full evaluation of the impacts, it uses a counterfactual global model scenario showing how much emissions from agricultural production would change if agricultural support were abolished worldwide. The analysis indicates that, without subsidies paid directly to farmers, output of some emission-intensive activities and agricultural emissions would be smaller. Without agricultural trade protection, however, emissions would be higher. This is partly because protection reduces global demand more than it increases global agricultural supply, and partly because some countries that currently tax agriculture have high emission intensities. Policies that directly reduce emission intensities yield much larger reductions in emissions than those that reduce emission intensities by increasing overall productivity because overall productivity growth creates a rebound effect by reducing product prices and expanding output. A key challenge is designing policy reforms that effectively reduce emissions without jeopardizing other key goals such as improving nutrition and reducing poverty. While the scenario analysis in this paper does not propose any particular policy reform, it does provide an important building block towards a full understanding the impacts of repurposed agricultural support measures on mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change. That full analysis is being undertaken in subsequent work, which will also take account of land-use change and alternative forms of agricultural policy support to align objectives of food security, farmers’ income security, production efficiency and resilience, and environmental protection. |
| format | Artículo preliminar |
| id | CGSpace143536 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publishDateRange | 2020 |
| publishDateSort | 2020 |
| publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| publisherStr | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1435362025-12-02T21:03:13Z Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture Laborde Debucquet, David Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Piñeiro, Valeria Vos, Rob models oecd agricultural production policies greenhouse gas emissions agricultural policies modelling agriculture land use trade subsidies climate change To understand the impacts of support programs on global emissions, this paper considers the impacts of domestic subsidies, price distortions at the border, and investments in emission-reducing technologies on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. In a step towards a full evaluation of the impacts, it uses a counterfactual global model scenario showing how much emissions from agricultural production would change if agricultural support were abolished worldwide. The analysis indicates that, without subsidies paid directly to farmers, output of some emission-intensive activities and agricultural emissions would be smaller. Without agricultural trade protection, however, emissions would be higher. This is partly because protection reduces global demand more than it increases global agricultural supply, and partly because some countries that currently tax agriculture have high emission intensities. Policies that directly reduce emission intensities yield much larger reductions in emissions than those that reduce emission intensities by increasing overall productivity because overall productivity growth creates a rebound effect by reducing product prices and expanding output. A key challenge is designing policy reforms that effectively reduce emissions without jeopardizing other key goals such as improving nutrition and reducing poverty. While the scenario analysis in this paper does not propose any particular policy reform, it does provide an important building block towards a full understanding the impacts of repurposed agricultural support measures on mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change. That full analysis is being undertaken in subsequent work, which will also take account of land-use change and alternative forms of agricultural policy support to align objectives of food security, farmers’ income security, production efficiency and resilience, and environmental protection. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:14:55Z 2024-05-22T12:14:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143536 en https://www.foodandlandusecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Reforming-Agricultural-Subsidies-for-Improved-Environmental-Outcomes-2019_09_06-.pdf https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.312847 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Laborde Debucquet, David; Mamun, Abdullah; Martin, Will; Piñeiro, Valeria; and Vos, Rob. 2020. Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1954. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133852. |
| spellingShingle | models oecd agricultural production policies greenhouse gas emissions agricultural policies modelling agriculture land use trade subsidies climate change Laborde Debucquet, David Mamun, Abdullah Martin, Will Piñeiro, Valeria Vos, Rob Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| title | Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| title_full | Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| title_short | Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| title_sort | modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture |
| topic | models oecd agricultural production policies greenhouse gas emissions agricultural policies modelling agriculture land use trade subsidies climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143536 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT labordedebucquetdavid modelingtheimpactsofagriculturalsupportpoliciesonemissionsfromagriculture AT mamunabdullah modelingtheimpactsofagriculturalsupportpoliciesonemissionsfromagriculture AT martinwill modelingtheimpactsofagriculturalsupportpoliciesonemissionsfromagriculture AT pineirovaleria modelingtheimpactsofagriculturalsupportpoliciesonemissionsfromagriculture AT vosrob modelingtheimpactsofagriculturalsupportpoliciesonemissionsfromagriculture |