Impacts of agricultural policy support on greenhouse gas emissions in the rice sector

Valera, Harold Glenn and Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Badri and Balié, Jean and Chakravarthy, Sumathi and Bharathi, Sindhu (2021): Impacts of agricultural policy support on greenhouse gas emissions in the rice sector.

Abstract

We examine the impact of agricultural policy reforms on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with a focus on the rice sector in Asia. We employ the GTAP model to simulate the effects of abolishing agricultural subsidies and border protection measures on GHG emissions. Simulation results based on the removal of subsidies in all agricultural sectors suggest an increase in all agricultural prices, and reduction in their output and consumption, as well as in the emissions. Simulation results based on the removal of border measures indicate a decrease in all agricultural prices and increase in their consumption, and CO2 emissions. There were exceptions to both results broadly and these were mainly due to the lower subsidies and tariffs to begin with.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Greenhouse gas emission, rice, agricultural policy, policy reform, Asia
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O13 - Agriculture ; Natural Resources ; Energy ; Environment ; Other Primary Products; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q58 - Government Policy

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