S.S. Hosseini; M. Ghorbani; M. Torshizi; N. Zargham
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Present study simulated the economical and environmental (on soil erosion) impacts of four major trade and tax policies under different production situations in Iran. Then, the appropriate policy was chosen under different policy weights for environmental and economical factors. The purpose of giving ...
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Present study simulated the economical and environmental (on soil erosion) impacts of four major trade and tax policies under different production situations in Iran. Then, the appropriate policy was chosen under different policy weights for environmental and economical factors. The purpose of giving these weights is to simulate a long-term plan in which weight of environmental factors is small in the beginning and increases gradually. Results show that in the early stages of such a plan that the importance of environmental factors is less than economical factors, the appropriate policy is Lowland Food Production Subsidy, and in the latest stages, when the importance of environmental factors is more than economical factors, Upland Food Production Subsidy is the appropriate policy. Therefore, in addition to suggestion of Lowland Food Production Subsidy for current situation of Iran, more investigation about the relationship between soil erosion and macroeconomic policies was proposed.
M. Ghorbani; M.R. Kohansal
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AbstractThis paper surveyed factors influencing farmers willingness to participate in green subsidy program for adopting and continuing on soil conservation practices using a cross sectional data of 175 rain-fed wheat producers of Khorasan Razavi province and logit model. Results showed that household's ...
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AbstractThis paper surveyed factors influencing farmers willingness to participate in green subsidy program for adopting and continuing on soil conservation practices using a cross sectional data of 175 rain-fed wheat producers of Khorasan Razavi province and logit model. Results showed that household's income, slope of land, required credit for soil conservation at farm level, farmers' awareness of effects of soil conservation and sloped cultivated land to total cultivated lands ratio have positive effect and soil conservation experience has negative effect on probability of farmers' participation in green subsidy program of soil conservation practices. Based on results, awareness about the effects of soil conservation, conducting the program towards small farmers through long-run repayment and gratuitous helps, initial targeting to lands with higher slope, attempt to increase farmers' revenue through supplementary activities so as create incentive for receiving soil conservation subsidy credit and serious attention to required credit for soil conservation at farm level suggested.
