Can trade liberalization have environmental benefits in developing country agriculture? A Sri Lankan case study

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dc.contributor.authorBandara, J.en
dc.contributor.authorCoxhead, Ianen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSri Lankaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:39Zen
dc.date.issued1999en
dc.description.abstractIn this article, the authors discuss the impact of trade policy reforms and related policies on land allocation between several crops in an agricultural economy, with a focus on the degree of erosion caused by different crop types. The prediction of land use changes is complicated by the influence of the world market on agricultural exports and the policy distortions at the national level. Likewise, shifts in the agricultural sectors may have economy-wide repercussions through the factor and commodities markets. The authors quantify and evaluate the probable impacts of tariff reduction with an applied general equilibrium model in Sri Lanka. They also analyze the economic and environmental impact of technical progress in the cultivation of tea, a major agricultural export. Both lowering tariffs and enhancing technical progress increase the amount of land allocated to tea, which is environmentally and economically beneficial to Sri Lanka because tea is less erosive than most alternative crops.en
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dc.identifier136en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Policy Modeling 21(3):349-374en
dc.identifier.issn0161-8938en
dc.identifier.other136_CanTradeLiberalization.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65724en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y.: North Hollanden
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1999 Society for Policy Modelingen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEconomic growthen
dc.subjectTariffsen
dc.subjectMarketing and tradeen
dc.subjectCash cropsen
dc.subjectWorld marketsen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectEconomic policyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectInternational tradeen
dc.subjectDeregulation and liberalizationen
dc.subjectSoil erosionen
dc.subjectGovernment policyen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectEconomic modeling and analysisen
dc.subjectEconomic impactsen
dc.subjectTrade policyen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectExportsen
dc.subjectSri Lankaen
dc.subjectTeaen
dc.subjectTariffsen
dc.subjectLand degradationen
dc.subjectTrade policy reformsen
dc.subjectApplied general equilibrium (age) modelingen
dc.subjectVegetatively propagated (vp) teaen
dc.subjectCie modelen
dc.subjectLand allocationen
dc.subjectAgricultural sectorsen
dc.subjectExternalitiesen
dc.subjectSensitivity analysisen
dc.subjectCrop yieldsen
dc.subjectUpland agricultureen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleCan trade liberalization have environmental benefits in developing country agriculture? A Sri Lankan case studyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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