Organizers: Tassos Haniotis, European Commission, Colette Kaminsky, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Steve Neff, FAS, USDA, Pierluigi Londero, European Commission, Robert M'barek, European Commission, Stephan Hubertus Gay, European Commission (Co-sponsored by the European Commission's Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG-AGRI), as well as the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS), and the Factor Markets Project)
This symposium was sponsored by the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC), and the European Commission’s Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG-AGRI), as well as the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS), and the Factor Markets Project.
Organizing Committee: Tassos Haniotis, European Commission, Colette Kaminsky, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Steve Neff, FAS, USDA, Pierluigi Londero, European Commission, Robert M’barek, European Commission, Stephan Hubertus Gay, European Commission
Plenary Sessions – Invited Papers
Plenary Session #1
Welcome and Introduction
- 1.1 Agricultural Productivity: Introductory Comments / slides
Tassos Haniotis, EC – DG AGRI - 1.2 Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in the G20 / slides
Frank Van Tongeren, OECD - 1.3 Agricultural R&D and Productivity: Recent Trends and Emerging Implications / slides
Julian Alston, Univ of California, Davis
Plenary Session #2
Productivity Growth in Developed Countries
- 2.1 US Agricultural Productivity / slides
Keith Fuglie, USDA - 2.2 Factor Productivity and Factor Markets Imperfections in EU Agriculture / slides
Martin Petrick, IAMO - 2.3 Productivity Growth in Developed Countries: Australia / slides
Peter Gooday, ABARES
Plenary Session #3
Productivity in Emerging and Developing Countries
- 3.1 Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa / slides
Maximo Torero, IFPRI - 3.2 Productivity in Emerging and Developing Countries: Brazil / slides
Marcos Jank, ICONE - 3.3 Agricultural Growth in India: Examining the Post-Green Revolution Transition / slides
Ramesh Chand, NCAP-ICAR, India - 3.4 Agricultural Productivity in China: Parametric Distance Function / slides
Bingxin Yu, IFPRI - 3.5 Productivity in Agriculture of Ukraine and Other CIS / slides
Roman Slaston, Ukaranian Agribusiness Club
Plenary Session #4
Potential Technological Breakthroughs Concerning Productivity
- 4.1 Potential Technological Breakthroughs Concerning Productivity / slides
Emilio Rodriguez Cerezo, EC-JRC-IPTS - 4.2 What Applications of Nanotechnologies in Food Will Impact Global Trade / slides
Frans Kampers, Waginingen Univ - 4.3 EGNOS in Precision Agriculture: An Affordable Solution for a Wide Range of Applications / slides
Carmen Aguilera Rios, GNSS-GSA - 4.4 Irrigation Technologies and the Limits of Water Productivity / slides
Elias Fereres, University of Córdoba - 4.5 Role of Fertilizers in Increased Agriculture Productivity / slides
Barrie Bain, Fertecon Limited
Plenary Session #5
Past, Present, Future of Productivity Assessments
- 5.1 Sources of Measured Agricultural Productivity Growth / slides
Robert Chambers, Univ of Maryland - 5.2 Cooperative Analysis of Factor Markets for Agriculture Across the Member States / slides
Jo Swinnen, KU Leuven, CPS and Stanford University - 5.3 Dynamic Efficiency and Productivity Analysis / slides
Alfons Oude Lansink, Wageningen University
Plenary Session #6
Policy Panel on the Implications of Productivity Growth for Trade and Trade Policy
- 6.1 Productivity Growth, Trade and Poverty / slides
Will Martin, World Bank
Parallel Sessions – Selected Papers
Parallel Session A.1
Factor Markets: Investment, Capital Markets, Policies and Productivity
- A.1.1 Efficiency and productivity of Ukrainian agro-holdings / slides
Balmann, A., K. Kataria, F. Schaft, I. Kulyk - A.1.2 CAP effects on agricultural investment demand in Europe
Guastella, G., D. Moro, P. Sckokai & M. Veneziani - A.1.3 Firm-level evidence of deadweight loss of investment support policies / slides
Michalek, J., d’A. Kancs & P. Ciaian - A.1.4 CAP subsidies and the productivity of EU farms
Rizov, M., J. Pokrivcak & P. Ciaian
Parallel Session A.2
FADNTOOL Session
- A.2.1 Pesticides use, output quality response and TFP growth in farm production
Chambers, R.G., K.Chatzimichael, V. Tzouvelekasx & K. Mattas - A.2.2 A meta-regression analysis of efficiency and productivity studies using FADN data / slides
Karagiannis, G. - A.2.3 The capitalisation of area payments into land rental prices: micro-evidence from Italy
Guastella, G., D. Moro, P. Sckokai & M. Veneziani - A.2.4 Convergence in productivity in EU agriculture
Emvalomatis, G., A. Oude Lansink & S.E. Stefanou
Parallel Session A.3
Long Run CGE Applications
- A.3.1 Evaluating agricultural productivity’s impact on food security / slides
Rada, N., J. Beckman & S. Rosen - A.3.2 Technical change in CGE models for global long-run projections / slides
van Dijk, M. - A.3.3 Gdyn-E: a dynamic CGE model for the economic assessment of long run climate policy alternatives / slides
Antimiani, A., V. Costantini, C. Martini & M.C. Tommasino - A.3.4 Technological change in long run IPCC scenarios: the impact of methodological choices / slides
van Meijl, H. & A. Tabeau
Parallel Session B.1
Factor Markets: Labour Markets, Human Capital, Policies & Productivity
- B.1.1 Determinants to leave agriculture and change occupational sector: evidence from an enlarged EU / slides
Tocco, B., A. Bailey & S. Davidova - B.1.2 Does Common Agricultural Policy reduce farm labor migration? A panel data analysis across EU regions / slides
Olper, A., V. Raimondi, D. Cavicchioli & M. Vigani - B.1.3 Agricultural labour market flexibility in the EU and candidate countries / slides
Loughrey, J., T. Donnellan, K. Hanrahan & T. Hennessy - B.1.4 Determinants of farm labour use: a comparison between Ireland and Italy / slides
Loughrey, J., T. Hennessy, K. Hanrahan, T. Donnellan, V. Raimondi & A. Olper
Parallel Session B.2
CGE Analysis of Trade Agreements
- B.2.1 An EU-Philippines FTA. A win-win occasion to foster economic growth?
Velazquez, B., & A. Antimiani - B.2.2 Trade liberalization, increasing food prices and productivity growth: a recursive dynamic CGE analysis for Turkey / slides
Dudu, H. & E. Cakmak - B.2.3 Trade openness and investment in North Africa. A CGE application to deep and comprehensive free trade areas (DCFTAs) between the EU and respectively Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia / slides
Boulanger, P., A. Kavallari, M.-L. Rau & M. Rutten
Parallel Session B.3
EU Productivity and Yield Developments
- B.3.1 The effects on productivity, trade and land use of a greener EU agriculture
Bellora, C. & J.-C. Bureau - B.3.2 The EU sugar sector reform implications on EU external trade: outlook on bilateral trade effects / slides
Burrell, A., B. Van Doorslaer, P. Ciaian & G. Salputra - B.3.3 Measuring productivity change using alternative input–output concepts: a farm level application using FADN data / slides
De Mey, Y., M. Vancauteren & S. Van Passel
Parallel Session B.4
Input Use and Technology
- B.4.1 A random matrix theory approach to investigate convergence in time series data: an application to agricultural labour productivity / slides
Surry, Y. & K. Galanopoulos - B.4.2 The contribution of productivity growth to net farm income in Canada and the United States
Cahill, S. - B.4.3 The role of intellectual property rights in seed technology transfer through trade: evidence from U.S. field crop seed exports / slides
Zhou, M. & I. Sheldon - B.4.4 Simulating the value of information generated by on-farm agronomic experimentation using precision agriculture technology / slides
Bullock, D.S. & N. Busdieker
Parallel Session C.1
Factor Markets: Land Markets, Policies & Productivity
- C.1.1 The influence of agricultural support on sale prices of French farmland: a comparison of different subsidies, accounting for the role of environmental and land regulations / slides
Latruffe, L., P. Dupraz & L. Piet - C.1.2 A spatial hedonic analysis of agricultural land prices in Bavaria
Feichtinger, P. & K. Salhofer - C.1.3 Does it matter how much your neighbour owns? Looking at the functioning of land markets in Poland from the social comparison’s perspective / slides
Falkowski, J. - C.1.4 Impact of post-2013 CAP reform on land markets: evidence from farm surveys and farm-level modelling / slides
Viaggi D., M. Raggi, F. Bartolini & M. Puddu - C.1.5 Governance of EU Land: regulation versus markets
Swinnen, J., K. Van Herck & L. Vranken
Parallel Session C.2
Productivity in Emerging Markets and Africa
- C.2.1 The drivers and the speed of recent agricultural intensification in Uganda / slides
Binswanger-Mkhize, H.P. & S. Savastano - C.2.2 Productivity growth and variability in KRU: evidence and prospects / slides
Tothova, M., W.H. Meyers & K. Goychuk - C.2.3 Technical efficiency in the Chilean agribusiness sector – a stochastic meta-frontier approach / slides
Lakner, S., T. Brenes-Munõz & B. Brümmer
Parallel Session C.3
Trade and Productivity
- C.3.1 Trade, import competition and productivity growth in the food industry / slides
Olper, A., L. Pacca & D. Curzi - C.3.2 Changes of agricultural labour productivity in selected regional trade agreements / slides
Baer-Nawrocka, A. & A. Sapa - C.3.3 Trade Policies: a booster dose for Innovation
Cipollina, M., F. Demaria & F. Pietrovito
Parallel Session 6.4
Productivity and Food Supply chain
- C.4.1 Quality upgrading, competition and trade policy: evidence from the agri-food sector / slides
Curzi, D., V. Raimondi & A. Olper - C.4.2 Measuring food supply chain sustainability / slides
Gaitán Cremaschi, D., M. Meuwissen & A. Oude Lansink - C.4.3 Labour productivity in agribusiness in the EU countries
Mrówczy?ska-Kami?ska, A. - C.4.4 Analyzing the impact of the sample renewing effect on aggregate productivity: evidence from the Greek olive oil FADN data / slides
Karagiannis, G.
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