74th International Atlantic Economic Conference

October 04 - 07, 2012 | Montréal, Canada

146 Q10-1 4238 Agricultural Economics

Friday, October 5, 2012: 4:15 PM-6:15 PM
Chair:
Rudi Rocha, UFRJ—Brazil
Multifunctional farms: Emerging trend and implications on farm and community prosperity
Chyi-Lyi Liang, North Carolina A&T State University—USA; Jason Brown, ERS, USDA—USA; Mary Ahearn, ERS, USDA—USA; Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania State University—USA
Deforestation slowdown in the legal Amazon: Prices or policies?
Juliano Assunção, PUC-Rio and CPI Rio—Brazil; Clarissa Gandour, PUC-Rio and CPI Rio—Brazil; Rudi Rocha, UFRJ—Brazil
Economics of groundwater policy: Quantity and quality issues
Keith Willett, Oklahoma State University—USA; Sanchari Ghosh, Boise State University—USA
Discussants:
Rudi Rocha, UFRJ—Brazil ; Clarissa Gandour, PUC-Rio and CPI Rio—Brazil and Ekaterina Gnedenko, Tufts University—USA