Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment. Report 5: Project Summary
August 1996 [96-SR 83] Aziz Bouzaher, Jason F. Shogren, Derald Holtkamp, Philip W. Gassman, David Archer, P. G. Lakshminarayan, Alicia L. Carriquiry, Randall Reese, Dharmaraju Kakani, William H. Furtan, R. César Izaurralde, James KinirySuggested citation:
Bouzaher, A., J.F. Shogren, D. Holtkamp, P.W. Gassman, D. Archer, P.G. Lakshminarayan, A.L. Carriquiry, R. Reese, D. Kakani, W. Furtan, R. Izaurralde, and J. Kiniry. 1996. "Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment. Report 5: Project Summary." Staff report 96-SR 83. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.
Abstract
This report summarizes the major findings of a study in which an integrated agro-ecological economic modeling system was constructed around Agriculture Canada's Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of proposed agricultural policies. The discussion covers the integrated modeling system and the policy analysis results, and presents future recommendations that emphasize how the current system can be improved.