Expanding Agri-Food Production and Employment in the Presence of Climate Policy Constraints: Quantifying the Trade-Off in Ireland

Ana Corina Miller (), Trevor Donnellan, Alan Matthews, Kevin Hanrahan and Cathal O’Donoghue
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Ana Corina Miller: Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute
Trevor Donnellan: Teagasc
Kevin Hanrahan: Teagasc
Cathal O’Donoghue: Teagasc
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Cathal O'donoghue

Chapter Chapter 12 in Agricultural Cooperative Management and Policy, 2014, pp 223-242 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the trade-off between competing objectives of employment creation and climate policy commitments in Irish agriculture. A social accounting matrix (SAM) multiplier model is linked with a partial equilibrium agricultural sector model to simulate the impact of a number of GHG emission reduction scenarios, assuming these are achieved through a constraint on beef production. Limiting the size of the beef sector helps to reduce GHG emissions with a very limited impact on the value of agricultural income at the farm level. However, the SAM multiplier analysis shows that there would be significant employment losses in the wider economy. From a policy perspective, a pragmatic approach to GHG emissions reductions in the agriculture sector, which balances opportunities for economic growth in the sector with opportunities to reduce associated GHG emissions, may be required.

Keywords: Final Demand; Social Accounting Matrix; Irish Economy; Marginal Employment; Irish Agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06635-6_12

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