An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming
The production of dairy products has both negative and positive external effects on the environment. Positive and negative external effects can be monetized and defined as environmental benefits and costs. Balancing environmental costs and benefits is crucial to prevent market failures. The aim of t...
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| author | Nilsson, Hanna |
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| description | The production of dairy products has both negative and positive external effects on the environment. Positive and negative external effects can be monetized and defined as environmental benefits and costs. Balancing environmental costs and benefits is crucial to prevent market failures. The aim of this paper was to investigate the balance between the environmental benefits and the environmental costs associated with dairy production in Sweden using cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Five dairy farms were used as case studies to conduct the analysis. Both an economic and a financial CBA was conducted for each farm. The results of the CBAs show that there are generally higher environmental costs than benefits. Three out of five farms have positive net present values in the economic CBAs, implying that these farms should go on with their production. The primary objective of the paper was to investigate whether or not there were differences in the results when analysing organic and conventional production systems and across different farm sizes. It is not possible to claim there are differences between conventional and organic production from the results in this CBA. |
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| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
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| spelling | RepoSLU149312020-06-04T12:17:43Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14931/ An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming Nilsson, Hanna Agricultural economics and policies The production of dairy products has both negative and positive external effects on the environment. Positive and negative external effects can be monetized and defined as environmental benefits and costs. Balancing environmental costs and benefits is crucial to prevent market failures. The aim of this paper was to investigate the balance between the environmental benefits and the environmental costs associated with dairy production in Sweden using cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Five dairy farms were used as case studies to conduct the analysis. Both an economic and a financial CBA was conducted for each farm. The results of the CBAs show that there are generally higher environmental costs than benefits. Three out of five farms have positive net present values in the economic CBAs, implying that these farms should go on with their production. The primary objective of the paper was to investigate whether or not there were differences in the results when analysing organic and conventional production systems and across different farm sizes. It is not possible to claim there are differences between conventional and organic production from the results in this CBA. Framställningen av mjölk och mjölkprodukter har både positiva och negativa effekter på miljön. Dessa positiva och negativa externaliteter kan värderas i monetära termer och definieras som miljönyttor och miljökostnader. För att undvika marknadsmisslyckande är det önskvärt att sträva efter balans mellan miljönyttor och miljökostnader. Syftet med denna studie var att utreda balansen mellan miljönyttor och miljökostnader som associeras med mjölkproduktion i Sverige genom att använda kostnads-nyttoanalys. Både en samhällsekonomisk och en finansiell kostnads-nyttoanalys utfördes. Resultaten i studien visar att miljökostnaderna är högre än miljönyttorna generellt sett. Tre av fem gårdar i studien har positiva nettonuvärden vilket antyder att dessa bör fortsätta med produktionen. Ett av målen med studien var att undersöka hur produktionssätt (ekologisk eller konventionell) och storlek på gården påverkade resultatet. Ingen skillnad mellan konventionell och ekologisk produktion kunde fastställas utifrån resultaten från kostnads-nyttoanalysen. 2019-08-23 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14931/1/nilsson_h_190813.pdf Nilsson, Hanna, 2019. An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming : a cost benefit analysis of dairy farming in Sweden. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-510.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-10852 eng |
| spellingShingle | Agricultural economics and policies Nilsson, Hanna An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| title | An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| title_full | An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| title_fullStr | An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| title_full_unstemmed | An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| title_short | An estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| title_sort | estimation of environmental impacts of dairy farming |
| topic | Agricultural economics and policies |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14931/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14931/ |