Macroeconomics of Greening Turkish Agriculture

Ulaş Karakoç

No 356802, Agricultural Economics Society 99th Annual Conference, April 14-16, 2025, The University of Bordeaux, France from Agricultural Economics Society (AES)

Abstract: With the aid of an applied general equilibrium model, we study the macroeconomic effects of various policy alternatives to stimulate the implications of greening of Turkish agriculture. Our results suggest that the reduction in chemicals, fertilizers and oil at alternative rates of 30% and 50% would significantly reduce carbon emissions, but at the expense of adverse effects on agricultural output. In response, the negative effects on agricultural output can be reversed by a targeted investment programme that could facilitate technological change and a commensurate rationalization of the rural economy resulting in enhanced gains in agricultural productivity. We argue that the warranted funds towards such productivity enhancing investments can be earmarked by the introduction of a nation-wide carbon tax, and that they would boost not only agricultural output and rural incomes, but could also mitigate the adverse transition costs on GDP and social welfare.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.356802

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