scholarly journals Valuing Florida’s Water Resources: Ecosystem Services Approach

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (4) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Tatiana Borisova ◽  
Tara Wade ◽  
Xiang Bi ◽  
Kurt Oehlbeck ◽  
Kelly A. Grogan
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Economics Department ◽  
Value Of Water

This 6-page fact sheet written by Tatiana Borisova, Tara Wade, Xiang Bi, Kurt Oehlbeck, and Kelly Grogan and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department defines the term “ecosystem services” and presents examples of ecosystem services provided by water resources. It explains three values people assign to water resources and presents a brief overview of the methods that economists employ to measure the value of water. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1064

scholarly journals Economic Value of Florida Water Resources: Value Derived by Tourists and Recreationists from Freshwater-Based Recreation

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Tatiana Borisova ◽  
Tara Wade ◽  
Xiang Bi ◽  
Kurt Oehlbeck ◽  
Kelly A. Grogan
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Economics Department ◽  
Value Of Water ◽  
Economic Studies

This 8-page fact sheet written by Tatiana Borisova, Tara Wade, Xiang Bi, Kurt Oehlbeck, and Kelly Grogan and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department is part 3 of the series “Economic Value of Florida Water Resources.” It uses Florida-based economic studies to provide natural resource professionals and interested citizens with information regarding the value of water-based tourism and recreation in Florida. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1067

scholarly journals Economic Contributions of the Forest Industry and Forest-based Recreation in Florida in 2016

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christa Dean Court ◽  
Alan W Hodges ◽  
Mohammad Rahmani
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
The State ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Related Activity ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Renewable Biomass ◽  
Economics Department

The state of Florida is half woods, with 26,807 square miles of forestland. Our extensive natural and planted pine and hardwood forests are used for production of a wide variety of wood building materials, consumer paper and packaging products, chemicals, and renewable biomass fuels. In addition to industrial forest-related activity, public forestlands in Florida support a variety of recreational activities, attract a significant number of recreational visitors, and provide many non-marketed environmental or ecosystem services. This 4-page fact sheet written by Christa Dean Court, Alan W Hodges, and Mohammad Rahmani and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department describes a study that analyzed the economic contributions of the forest industry and forest-based recreation activities to the state of Florida in 2016. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1051

scholarly journals Valuing Florida Water Resources: Water Use in Irrigated Agriculture

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Borisova ◽  
Syed Irfan Ali Shah ◽  
Tara Wade ◽  
Kelly Grogan ◽  
Xiang Bi
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Resource Protection ◽  
Economics Department

Water resources provide us with a variety of goods and services (altogether often referred to as ecosystem services or environmental services.) Part of a series entitled Economic Value of Florida Water Resources, this 5-page fact sheet written by Tatiana Borisova, Syed Irfan Ali Shah, Tara Wade, Kelly Grogan, and Xiang Bi and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department assesses the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by irrigation water and shows the importance to agriculture of water resource protection and restoration.  http:edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1057

Homeowners’ Preferences for Smart Irrigation Systems and Features

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (5) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Alicia Rihn ◽  
Dong Hee Suh ◽  
Michael Dukes
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Irrigation Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Economics Department ◽  
Irrigation Technologies

Drought conditions make landscape irrigation and reducing water use top-of-mind for many Floridians. Encouraging wise water use is of particular importance to the smart irrigation industry and water policy makers. This 5-page fact sheet written by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Dong Hee Suh, and Michael Dukes and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department pinpoints key attributes and barriers affecting consumers' irrigation purchases and their adoption of smart irrigation technologies. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1080

What Price for Ecosystem Services in China?

2017 ◽  
pp. 176-198
Author(s):  
Haixia Zheng ◽  
Stale Navrud ◽  
Shiran Shen
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
Miyun Reservoir ◽  
Water Quality Improvement ◽  
Value Of Water

Payment for Environmental Services (PES) in the watershed has been widely adopted as an important policy instrument to compensate upstream water users for providing water quality improvement for the whole river basin. In this paper, we use three independent valuation methods to determine the price of ecosystem service (ES), particularly water quality, in Miyun Reservoir, the main surface water source for Beijing. We find that the value of water quality is lowest using opportunity cost of limitation of development rights (OCLDR), highest with contingent valuation method (CVM), and water resources benefits assessment (WRBA) gives an in-between value. OCLDR determines the size of subsidies from those that benefit from water quality improvement from upstream. WRBA is a reference for compensation criteria to the upstream government and farmers when water resources are transferred across jurisdictional boundaries. CVM not only captures the direct value of water quality improvement, but also the indirect value of improvement in other ecosystem services as a result of improvement in water quality. Based on the results, we propose a multi-level ecological compensation system for the Miyun Reservoir river basin. We use OCLDR to determine subsides/ compensation to upstream farmers and other suppliers of the ES; WRBA set the price of water transfer; and CVM to figure out the size of payments for integrated water quality improvement.

scholarly journals Finger Lime: An Alternative Crop with Great Potential in South Florida

EDIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditya Singh ◽  
Edward A. Evans ◽  
Jeff Wasielewski ◽  
Manjul Dutt ◽  
Jude Grosser
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
The United States ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Citrus Fruits ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Alternative Crop ◽  
Economics Department

Cylindrical Australian finger limes (Microcitrus australasica) taste like a combination of lemon, lime, and grapefruit, come in a rainbow of colors, and have a texture like caviar. Like other citrus fruits, finger limes are nutritious, low in calories, and vitamin-rich. So far in the United States only California grows finger limes commercially, but this 4-page fact sheet written by Aditya Singh, Edward Evans, Jeff Wasielewski, Manjul Dutt, and Jude Grosser and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department makes the case that exotic, colorful finger limes would likely grow well in Florida, where they would appeal to hoteliers and restaurants and to adventurous, health-conscious consumers on the lookout for a delicious new fresh fruit snack to try.  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1033

scholarly journals An Overview of Strawberry Production in Mexico

EDIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Feng Wu ◽  
Zhengfei Guan ◽  
J. Jaime Arana Coronado ◽  
Melvin Garcia-Nazariega
Keyword(s):  
Resource Economics ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Economics Department

This 5-page fact sheet written by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, J. Jaime Arana-Coronado and Melvin Garcia-Nazariega and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department provides an overview of Mexican strawberry production with an emphasis on the production in Central Mexico. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1014

scholarly journals Consumer Knowledge about Neonicotinoid Insecticides and Pollinator Friendly Plants

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (5) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Hayk Khachatryan ◽  
Xuan Wei ◽  
Alicia L. Rihn
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Consumer Knowledge ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Pollinator Conservation ◽  
Ornamental Horticulture ◽  
Economics Department ◽  
Xuan Wei ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives

What does the general public know about neonicotinoids used in ornamental horticulture and their effects on pollinators? The question is an important one given that home landscapes serve as pollinator habitat and can impact pollinator health. This 5-page fact sheet written by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, and Alicia Rihn and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department summarizes a survey addressing consumer knowledge about neonicotinoids and pollinator plants, as well as their interest in enhancing pollinator health. The survey is part of a larger research project aimed at incorporating pollinator conservation into the ornamental horticulture industry's sustainability initiatives. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1081  

scholarly journals Survey of Educational Program Needs for the Florida Association of Counties County Commissioner Training Program, 2002-2004

EDIS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney L. Clouser
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Survey Questions ◽  
Economics Department

FE641, a 27-page fact sheet by Rodney L. Clouser, includes an Executive summary of results of the 2002-2004 survey (3 p.), the survey itself (4 p.) and 19 plates of graphs depicting the responses to the survey questions. Published by the UF Food and Resource Economics Department, June 2006.

scholarly journals An Overview of the Grapefruit Market in France

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Heng ◽  
Mitzey Tejeda ◽  
Lisa House
Keyword(s):  
National Survey ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
Economics Department

The authors of this 4-page fact sheet, Yan Heng, Mitzey Tejeda, and Lisa House, used a national survey to analyze and understand French consumer preferences and consumption behavior regarding grapefruit. They found that more than half of the respondents were willing to purchase grapefruit in the upcoming year, suggesting that French consumers hold an overall positive image of grapefruit. As a major and well-recognized supplier providing high-quality products, Florida has the opportunity to continue producing and exporting grapefruit to France. Published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1072

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