Designing Just Transition Pathways: A Methodological Framework to Estimate the Impact of Future Scenarios on Employment in the French Dairy Sector

This paper proposes an innovative framework to describe sustainable transitions of food systems while considering simultaneously socio-economic and environmental issues, in a just transition perspective. This framework (i) describes the structural changes needed for a sustainable transition in food systems; (ii) assess their effects on employment at the farm and processing industry level; (iii) detect the political levers needed to make this transition a just one—that is, preserving jobs and livelihoods for communities. Using the decarbonation pathway for the agricultural sector issued from the French National Low-Carbon Strategy as reference, we developed two scenarios for the French dairy sector which have the same level of climate ambitious, but a different approach to reach the target. Aiming exclusively to achieve a greenhouse gases reduction, the first scenario relies only on supply side measures. This scenario has a negative impact in terms of employment loss at the farm level and in the agri-food sector. In contrast, a multifunctional scenario considering simultaneously climate, biodiversity, health, and employment issues, and playing with policy measures targeting supply, demand and market organisation can maintain jobs in the farm and agri-food sector, contributes to restore the agro-biodiversity and develops food products compatible with healthy nutritional guidelines.

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Technological Innovation and the Agricultural Sustainability

International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy ◽

10.4018/ijide.2016040101 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Rachida Khaled ◽

Lamine Hammas

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovation ◽

Energy Production ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Agricultural Productivity ◽

Agricultural Sustainability ◽

Net Income ◽

Agriculture Sector ◽

The Impact

The diffusion of the technological innovation can affect the agricultural sector in the three-sided (social, economic and environmental), a hand, it can contribute to solve problems of the agricultural sector: the effects of the climatic changes, the farming exodus and the migration and the problems of poverty and it can improve the agricultural productivity. But on the other hand, he can lead to new problems, such as depletion of energy resources caused by excessive use of energizing technologies, pollution of air and water and the destruction of soil by industrial waste. This paper aims to theoretically and empirically analyze the role of technological innovation in improving agricultural sustainability through the impact of mechanization on agricultural productivity, energy production and net income per capita for a panel of three Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) during the period 1997-2012. By using simultaneous equations, the authors' finding that technological innovation cannot achieve the purpose of sustainable development in the agriculture sector in the Maghreb countries through the negative impact of mechanization and research and development on agricultural productivity.

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The Impact of Planting Industry Structural Changes on Carbon Emissions in the Three Northeast Provinces of China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18020705 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 705

Author(s):

Hongpeng Guo ◽

Sidong Xie ◽

Chulin Pan

Keyword(s):

Carbon Emissions ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽

Industry Structure ◽

Estimation Methods ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Carbon Sinks ◽

Resource Endowment ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

This paper focuses on the impact of changes in planting industry structure on carbon emissions. Based on the statistical data of the planting industry in three provinces in Northeast China from 1999 to 2018, the study calculated the carbon emissions, carbon absorptions and net carbon sinks of the planting industry by using crop parameter estimation and carbon emissions inventory estimation methods. In addition, the multiple linear regression model and panel data model were used to analyze and test the carbon emissions and net carbon sinks of the planting industry. The results show that: (1). The increase of the planting area of rice, corn, and peanuts in the three northeastern provinces of China will promote carbon emissions, while the increase of the planting area of wheat, sorghum, soybeans, and vegetables will reduce carbon emissions; (2). Fertilizer application, technological progress, and planting structure factors have a significant positive effect on net carbon sinks, among which the changes in the planting industry structure have the greatest impact on net carbon sinks. Based on the comprehensive analysis, it is suggested that, under the guidance of the government, resource endowment and location advantages should be given full play to, and the internal planting structure of crops should be reasonably adjusted so as to promote the development of low-carbon agriculture and accelerate the development process of agricultural modernization.

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The Role of Islamic Banks in the Development of the Jordanian Economy-"Exploratory Study on Arab Islamic Bank"

Journal of Management Research ◽

10.5296/jmr.v8i4.9513 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 131

Author(s):

Bader Mustafa Al-Sharif

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Sector ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Industrial Sector ◽

Customer Relationship ◽

Islamic Banks ◽

Islamic Bank ◽

Medium Level ◽

Study Population ◽

The Impact

This study aimed to identify the role of Islamic banks in the development of the Jordanian economy. The study population consisted of public administration and branches of the Arab Islamic Bank. The study sample consisted of (85) customer relationship officers and (30) corporate service officers with a total (115) questionnaires distributed on all respondents. Descriptive approach of means and standard deviation was used; also Simple Regression was used to measure the impact of the role of Islamic banks in the development of the Jordanian economy.Among the most important findings of the study that Islamic banks have a medium level role in the development of the Jordanian economy and the development of the industrial sector, and it was clear that at Islamic banks have low level role with negative impact on the development of agricultural sector. The findings have also revealed that Islamic banks develop the construction sector at a high level.The study recommended the need to overcome the problems faced by agricultural and industrial entrepreneurs by Islamic banks in order to get farmers and manufacturers to get the funds necessary for them as this raises the level of development of the Jordanian economy.

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Impactos da Covid-19 na produção e comercialização de alimentos em Brasília-DF: desafios para os assentados/acampados da reforma agrária

GeoTextos ◽

10.9771/geo.v17i1.44588 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Juliana Luiza Barbosa Dias ◽

Juscelino Eudâmidas Bezerra

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Food Production ◽

Food Systems ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Agrarian Reform ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Primary Data ◽

Direct Sales ◽

On Line ◽

The Impact

O setor agrícola foi severamente afetado pela pandemia de Covid-19, gerando incertezas sobre a produção e a distribuição de alimentos, o que afetou diretamente o trabalho de milhões de agricultores. Este artigo visa a analisar o impacto da pandemia na produção de alimentos em Brasília-DF, especialmente entre os agricultores assentados/acampados da reforma agrária. Para a análise, foram utilizados dados primários obtidos através de um questionário on-line destinado ao público da reforma agrária em áreas rurais das regiões administrativas da capital federal, além de dados secundários, disponibilizados por instituições públicas. Os resultados mostraram que o impacto da pandemia foi intenso entre os agricultores, deixando-os extremamente vulneráveis, principalmente nos meses iniciais da pandemia. Como forma de enfretamento dos efeitos da pandemia, os trabalhadores adotaram quatro medidas específicas: a utilização do serviço de entrega delivery; a venda de cestas agroecológicas; a participação em redes solidárias e a venda direta em feira de reforma agrária. Essas novas dinâmicas de comercialização têm transformado as formas de interação campo-cidade ao demandar estratégias diferenciadas para alcançar os consumidores finais, contribuindo para amenizar os efeitos disruptivos da pandemia nos sistemas alimentares locais.AbstractIMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON FOOD PRODUCTION AND COMMERCIALIZATION IN BRASILIA-DF: CHALLENGES FOR AGRARIAN REFORM SETTLERS/CAMPEDThe agricultural sector was severely affected by the pandemic of Covid-19, genera- ting uncertainties about food production and distribution, which directly affected the work of millions of farmers. This article aims to analyze the impact of the pandemic on food production in Brasília-DF, especially among farmers settled in agrarian reform settlements. The analysis used primary data obtained through an on-line questionnaire addressed to the public of agrarian reform in rural areas of the administrative regions of the federal capital, as well as secondary data made available by public institutions. The results showed that the impact of the pandemic was intense among farmers, leaving them extremely vulnerable, especially in the initial months of the pandemic. As a way of countering the effects of the pandemic, workers have adopted four specific measures: the use of delivery services; the salof agro-ecological baskets; participation in solidarity networks; and direct sales at agrarian reform fairs. These new commercialization dynamics have transformed the forms of countryside-city interaction by demanding different strategies to reach final consumers, contributing to mitigate the pandemic’s disruptive effects on local food systems.

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Technological Innovation and the Agricultural Sustainability

Environmental and Agricultural Informatics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch001 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Rachida Khaled ◽

Lamine Hammas

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovation ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Agricultural Productivity ◽

Agricultural Sustainability ◽

Net Income ◽

Agriculture Sector ◽

Per Capita ◽

The Impact

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Review of sustainable diets: are nutritional objectives and low-carbon-emission objectives compatible?

Review of Agricultural Food and Environmental Studies ◽

10.1007/s41130-020-00110-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 101 (1) ◽

pp. 117-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Erica Doro ◽

Vincent Réquillart

Keyword(s):

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Food Systems ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Meat Products ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Economic Modeling ◽

Gas Content ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Positive Effects ◽

The Impact

Abstract Food systems in developed countries face one major challenge, namely the promotion of diets that are both healthy and generate less greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE). In this article, we review papers evaluating the impact of a change in diets on both health and GHGE. We address the following questions: How big are the health and environmental impacts that could be induced by a switch to healthier diets? In monetary value, what is the relative importance of the health impact and the environmental impact? Is it possible to design an economic policy to increase global welfare that also takes into account the externalities on both health and the environment? Since the way the change in diet is modeled is a key issue, we classify papers according to the methodology used for simulating diet changes: ad hoc scenarios, optimized diets, and economic modeling. We find that it is possible to design economic policies that have positive impacts on both dimension. Because the substitutions/complementarities between food products are complex, it is not granted that a policy targeting one dimension will generate positive effects on the other dimensions. However, given the diversity of substitution and the complementarity possibilities between products, it is possible to design a policy that does improve both dimensions. A carbon-based tax policy that targets the products with a high greenhouse gas content (e.g., meat products) and reinvests the revenues collected with the tax to subsidize the consumption of fruit and vegetables, is likely to have positive effects on both dimensions.

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Impact of Fiscal Policy on Agricultural Output in Nigeria

Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism ◽

10.14505//jemt.v9.7(31).08 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 1428 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Adedoyin Isola LAWAL ◽

Ernest Onyebuchi FIDELIS ◽

Abiola Ayoopo BABAJIDE ◽

Barnabas O. OBASAJU ◽

Oluwatoyese OYETADE ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fiscal Policy ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Time Series Data ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Capital Expenditure ◽

Research Work ◽

Estimation Method ◽

Series Data ◽

Agricultural Output ◽

The Impact

This study examines the impact of fiscal policy on agricultural output in Nigeria using the most recent official data. The metrics for fiscal policy is government capital expenditure and custom duties on fertilizer. The study used annual time series data obtained from CBN annual statistical bulletin, NCS, and FIRS which was found to be stationary at the order of I(1) and I(0). The order of unit root test led to the use of ARDL estimation method employed in the empirical analysis of this research work. The study found evidence of both short and long run relationship between the variables (VAO, GEX, IDMF, and ACGSF) using both Johansen co-integration and ARDL Bounds test. Although government expenditure (GEX) to agricultural sector was found to be statistically insignificant which recommend that government should increase agriculture capital expenditure to ensure that its contribution is significant. Consequently, custom duties on fertilizer (IDMF) was found to be negatively signed and significant indicating a negative impact on agricultural output. This demands that the policy makers should be prudent in the use of fiscal policy instrument in achieving its desired objective.

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Impact of FDI in Agriculture Sector in India: Opportunities and Challenges

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.c1081.1083s19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3S) ◽

pp. 380-383

Keyword(s):

Direct Investment ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Fdi Inflows ◽

Indian Economy ◽

Agriculture Sector ◽

Course Of Action ◽

The People ◽

The Impact ◽

Agrarian Development

Foreign Direct Investment has a vital errand to do in the rustic part for the Indian financial system. FDI is empowered in the cultivating section to improve the idea of yields. In the Indian Economy the FDI inflows to the cultivating portion since 2010 – 2018 there is an important perfection in the Agriculture section. Agriculture is said to be the establishment of the nation and it encompasses of 65% of the Indian people. Along these lines, the methodologies are limited in gathering to the agriculture influences a people. In order to forgo the poverty, government has upheld the FDI in Agricultural part and it is most acclaimed way to deal with discard the dejection and longing for. There is an emergency in agrarian part because of the colossal advances and advances which are paid by the banks to the ranchers. The ongoing patterns in the horticultural part have delineated a deceleration in the agrarian development. FDI in Agricultural Sector is one of the copious walks in improving bothers of Indian Farmers. For propelling cultivating improvement, reducing poverty and hunger, and progressing environmental supportability, country theory is crucial. FDI enthusiasm for agriculture requires a logically point by point ask about. Both positive and negative impact should be eagerly examination, with respect to Indian economy. In order to grow the lifestyle for the people and to engage those to use for sound and reflex improvements it is pivotal principal that, capital course of action ought to occur at a higher rate. This paper attempts to consider the impact of FDI in India expressly in green part and to examine the likelihood and confusions looked by the fragment in pulling in the black out budgetary masters adjacent to the various exercises taken by the administrationBased on the results and findings, suitable suggestions and conclusions will be made for the further research.

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Modeling the impact assessment of agricultural sector on economic development as a basis for the country’s investment potential

Investment Management and Financial Innovations ◽

10.21511/imfi.16(3).2019.21 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 229-240

Author(s):

Alina Bukhtiarova ◽

Arsen Hayriyan ◽

Victor Chentsov ◽

Sergii Sokol

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Development ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Value Added ◽

The Cost ◽

The Impact

In the context of countries integration into the world economic space, agricultural sector is one of the priorities and strategically important sectors of the national economy. Development of instruments aimed to increase investment potential of this sector is therefore an important component of the country’s economy growth. The article proposes a science-based model of the impact of the agricultural sector on the economic development level of countries trying to move towards European integration.It was found that the employment rate (+58.4) has the largest influence on the rate of GDP change in the studied group of countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia). The impact of the gross value added of the manufacturing sector on its economic growth is positive (+44.6). The negative foreign direct investment ratio in the model (–40.3) may be due to the fact that the indicator in the studied countries is still largely influenced by the intervention of the state mechanism, significant uncertainty and risk, which is a deterrent to the overall economic development. An important result of the study was that foreign direct investment had a negative impact on economic growth in developing countries. Further development of the investment potential of a country’s agricultural sector provides for a radical acceleration of scientific and technological progress and, on this basis, a reduction in the cost of a unit of agricultural products and food and an increase in their competitiveness in the domestic and world markets.

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The Effect of Product-Harm Crises on the Financial Value of Firms under the Concept of Green Development

Complexity ◽

10.1155/2021/6670242 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Songsong Li ◽

Yaopan Yang ◽

Dong Zhang

Keyword(s):

Brand Equity ◽

Stock Prices ◽

Firm Value ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Product Recalls ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Green Development ◽

Negative Effect ◽

The Impact

Product-harm crises can trigger product recalls or product discards, which is very likely to cause secondary pollution to the environment. Also, these crises may harm customers’ health and threaten firms’ survival. To foster low-carbon economy and green development in such complex systems, this paper studies the internal mechanism of the product crisis and its impact on the firm value. It proposes a two-stage model to avoid the endogeneity of product-harm crises. In the first stage, this paper assesses the effect of firms’ leverage on their capacity to produce higher quality products. In the second stage, this paper conducts the impact of these crises on stock prices. Then, it depicts the financial effects of product-harm crises over time, and analyzes the differences of such effects based on brand equity. Results show that book leverage can positively impact firms’ capacity to produce high-quality products. In addition, the market’s response to product-harm crises is significant at 1% level, and with the increase in severity, the market reaction is more prominent. Furthermore, its negative effect is persistent for a firm experiencing a severe crisis. Luckily, brand equity can mitigate this negative impact. These findings provide some ways to improve product performance and firm value in the green context.

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