Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change
Domestic support policies for farmers and agriculture, through their price effect, have been deemed potentially environmentally harmful; for example, in developing countries, agricultural prices have been set- below the world market prices, aiming to secure low retail prices for urban consumers. Thi...
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| description | Domestic support policies for farmers and agriculture, through their price effect, have been deemed potentially environmentally harmful; for example, in developing countries, agricultural prices have been set- below the world market prices, aiming to secure low retail prices for urban consumers. This practice has lowered producer prices, and thereby prevented farmers from adopting ecofriendly production techniques. This study uses policy data —market price support (MPS) and general service support estimates (GSSE) as shares of total support estimate (TSE)— and greenhouse gases (GHG) data for main crops and livestock sectors in 18 Latin-American countries and it applies cluster analysis to construct a typology that highlights patterns between policy incentives for agricultural crops and activities and GHG emissions. The results suggest that an increase in the TSE and/or MPS comprising a large share of the TSE leads to an increase in GHGs. Conversely, GHGs fall when GSSE comprise a larger share of the TSE. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fe3b7fe7f2341c885d7d524bf94f36f2023-12-06T04:39:19ZengUniversidad de Zaragoza, Cátedra de Cooperación para el DesarrolloRevista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo2254-20352023-11-0112210214010.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.783Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate changeSara A. Wong0Gonzalo Rondinone1Carmine Paolo De Salvo2ESPOL Polytechnic University (Ecuador)Inter-American Development Bank (United States)Inter-American Development Bank (United States)Domestic support policies for farmers and agriculture, through their price effect, have been deemed potentially environmentally harmful; for example, in developing countries, agricultural prices have been set- below the world market prices, aiming to secure low retail prices for urban consumers. This practice has lowered producer prices, and thereby prevented farmers from adopting ecofriendly production techniques. This study uses policy data —market price support (MPS) and general service support estimates (GSSE) as shares of total support estimate (TSE)— and greenhouse gases (GHG) data for main crops and livestock sectors in 18 Latin-American countries and it applies cluster analysis to construct a typology that highlights patterns between policy incentives for agricultural crops and activities and GHG emissions. The results suggest that an increase in the TSE and/or MPS comprising a large share of the TSE leads to an increase in GHGs. Conversely, GHGs fall when GSSE comprise a larger share of the TSE. https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/ried/article/view/9828/8319agricultural greenhouse gas emissionstotal support estimategeneral service support estimateproducer single commodity transferslatin american countries |
| spellingShingle | Sara A. Wong Gonzalo Rondinone Carmine Paolo De Salvo Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo agricultural greenhouse gas emissions total support estimate general service support estimate producer single commodity transfers latin american countries |
| title | Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change |
| title_full | Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change |
| title_short | Agricultural support policies and GHG emissions from agriculture in Latin America: relationships and policy implications for climate change |
| title_sort | agricultural support policies and ghg emissions from agriculture in latin america relationships and policy implications for climate change |
| topic | agricultural greenhouse gas emissions total support estimate general service support estimate producer single commodity transfers latin american countries |
| url | https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/ried/article/view/9828/8319 |
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