The Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources : The Case of Iran

This volume is a collection of twelve selected empirical studies on the economics of agriculture and natural resources. Twenty-two authors have contributed their research to this volume. Papers of this volume are grouped into three main domains covering: Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability; Agricultural Producers and Consumers; and Energy Use in Agriculture. Organized in an analytical framework and offering comprehensive empirical data, this book focuses on agricultural sustainability and resilience, environmental efficiency, agricultural extension, foreign trade, energy use, and agricultural growth aspects of the Iranian agriculture sector. They demonstrate technical and methodological tools used for the analysis and explain their application in the agricultural sector of Iran. This book will be a valuable read for those managing agricultural enterprises, policy makers, and researchers of agricultural producers and consumers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Introduction to the Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Masoomeh Rashidghalam)....Pages 1-7 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Applied to Dairy Farms (Leila Hassani, Mahmoud Daneshvar kakhki, Mahmoud Sabuhi sabouni, Peter Fantke)....Pages 11-20 A Framework for Economic Resilience Assessment of Agricultural Production Systems (Leila Hassani, Mahmoud Daneshvar kakhki, Mahmoud Sabuhi sabouni, Peter Fantke)....Pages 21-30 Empirical Evaluation of Agricultural Sustainability Using Entropy and FAHP Methods (Marziyeh Manafi Mollayosefi, Babollah Hayati, Esmaeil Pishbahar, Javad Nematian)....Pages 31-46 Front Matter ....Pages 47-47 Weather Risk Management: The Application of Vine Copula Approach (Sasan Torabi, Arash Dourandish, Mahmoud Daneshvar Kakhki, Ali Kianirad, Hosein Mohammadi)....Pages 49-71 An Investigation on Dependency Structure Between Temperature-Humidity Index (THI) and Milk Yield (Afsaneh Nikoukar, Sasan Torabi)....Pages 73-89 Adoption of IPM by Farmland Owners and Non-owners: Application of Endogenous Switching Copula Approach (Sahar Abedi, Pariya Bagheri, Esmaeil Pishbahar)....Pages 91-108 Estimating Economic Value and Compensation Surplus of Animal Species in Arasbaran Forests Using Choice Experiment Method (Maryam Haghjou, Babollah Hayati, Esmaeil Pishbahar, Morteza Molaei)....Pages 109-123 Factors Affecting Consumers’ Awareness of Pesticides-Free Fruits and Vegetables (Maryam Haghjou, Babollah Hayati, Esmaeil Pishbahar)....Pages 125-139 Front Matter ....Pages 141-141 The Relationship Between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, and CO2 Emissions (Parisa Pakrooh, Esmaeil Pishbahar)....Pages 143-170 Oil Price Volatility and Food Price Linkage: Evidence of Dutch Disease in Iran’s Agricultural Sector (Zahra Rasouli, Mohammad Ghahremanzadeh, Masoomeh Rashidghalam)....Pages 171-181 Environmental Efficiency in Agricultural Sector (Pariya Bagheri, Sahar Abedi, Farid Bagheri Sarajug)....Pages 183-201 Back Matter ....Pages 203-206