Impacts of agricultural policy support on greenhouse gas emissions in the rice sector

Harold Glenn Valera (), Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Jean Balié, Sumathi Chakravarthy and Sindhu Bharathi

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Abstract: We examine the impact of agricultural policy reforms on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with a focus on the rice sector in Asia. We employ the GTAP model to simulate the effects of abolishing agricultural subsidies and border protection measures on GHG emissions. Simulation results based on the removal of subsidies in all agricultural sectors suggest an increase in all agricultural prices, and reduction in their output and consumption, as well as in the emissions. Simulation results based on the removal of border measures indicate a decrease in all agricultural prices and increase in their consumption, and CO2 emissions. There were exceptions to both results broadly and these were mainly due to the lower subsidies and tariffs to begin with.

Keywords: Greenhouse gas emission; rice; agricultural policy; policy reform; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 O13 Q17 Q18 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-11
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