This chapter theoretically discusses existing methodologies to model environmental
adjustments of technologies. We elaborate on the limitations of treating pollution as an input …

Agriculture is an important source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and thus contributes
considerably to global warming. However, farms can vary substantially in terms of their …

This study examines the impact of policies and intensification on the environmental
performance of Dutch dairy farms in the period 2001–2010 using a hyperbolic distance …

We use a multi‐equation model of polluting technologies to evaluate excess nitrogen's
marginal abatement cost (MAC). The MAC is estimated using the convex non‐parametric …

Farm businesses often use debt to finance the purchase inputs and meet operational costs.
Selected studies have investigated the impact of debt use on farm performance as …

Agriculture is characterized not only by the production of desirable outputs but also by
generating environmental pressures. This article emphasizes the necessity of accounting for …

Our chapter surveys the literature on why market prices may provide distorted signals, ie,
diverge from socially efficient prices. There are a number of reasons for this to occur, such as …

The benefits of agriculture have been enormous and it has experienced a large increase in
productivity over the last decades. It is the source of the world's food supply. At the same …

This thesis estimates technical and environmental efficiencies for a sample of Ontario dairy
farms and examines the relationship between these efficiency measures and characteristics …

Farm businesses often use debt to purchase inputs and meet operational costs. Numerous
studies have investigated the impact of debt use on farm performance as measured using …