Applied Methods for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management : A Festschrift in Honor of Richard E. Howitt

Preface -- Foreword (Gordon Rausser) -- Introduction (Siwa Msangi) -- Part I: Applied Methods for Agricultural Production and Sector Modeling -- Towards Econometric Mathematical Programming for Policy Analysis (Bruno Henry de Frahan) -- Soil and Crop Choice (Peter Berck and Lunyu Xie) -- Spatial Equilibrium, Imperfect Competition and Calibrating Models (Quirino Paris) -- Part II: Applied Methods for Water Resource Management -- Payment for Environmental Services: How Big Must Be the Check to Multi-Product Farmers? (Marcelo Torres de Oliveira and Richard E. Howitt) -- Optimal Allocation of Groundwater Resources: Managing Water Quantity and Quality (Qiuqiong Huang, Scott Rozelle, Richard E. Howitt, James E. Wilen) -- Managing Urban and Agricultural Water Demand in Northern China: The Case of Luancheng County, Hebei Province (Siwa Msangi) -- Part III: Application of Information-Theoretic Methods -- Using Moment Constraints in GME Estimation (Richard E. Howitt and Siwa Msangi) -- Estimating Field-Level Rotations as Dynamic Cycles (Duncan MacEwan and Richard E. Howitt) -- Part IV: Using Quantitative Methods to Inform Decision-making in Agriculture and Resource Policy -- Water Into Wine and Cheese: Implications of Substitution and Trade for California’s Perennial Water Woes (Daniel Sumner and Qianyao Pan) -- Climate Policies as Water Policies (Kazim Konyar and George Frisvold) -- Enhancing Productivity and Market Access for Key Staples in the EAC Region: An Economic Analysis of Biophysical and Market Potential (Siwa Msangi, Kennedy Were, Bernard Musana, Joseph Mudiope, Leonidas Dusengemungu, Lucas Tanui, Jean-Claude Muhutu, George Ayaga, Geophrey Kajiru, and Birungi Korutaro)