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Agricultural and Environmental Policy Lab
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The lab uses economics to evaluate the effects of policies on agriculture and the environment.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about agricultural and environmental policy through economics.
The Agricultural and Environmental Policy Lab studies the effects of policies on agriculture and the environment from the standpoint of economics.
Taking environmental issues into account, the lab empirically examines the content and effects of the various agricultural protection policies adopted by both developed countries in Europe and North America and developing countries.
It works on evaluating the multifunctionality of agriculture and rural areas, and on the effects of agricultural trade on the environment.
The lab is said to trace its origins to Inazo Nitobe and others at Sapporo Agricultural College, and it took its current name after going through the names Agricultural Policy and Comparative Agricultural Policy.
Key terms
- Multifunctionality
- Multifunctionality: the roles that agriculture and rural areas have beyond producing food, such as protecting land and the natural environment and creating landscapes
- Externality
- Externality: when an economic activity has positive or negative effects on other people or society without going through market transactions
- FTA
- Free trade agreement: an arrangement between countries to reduce tariffs and other barriers so that trade becomes easier
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies policy issues in agriculture and the environment using a variety of analytical methods suited to each problem. It places importance on evaluating the role of agriculture within the economy as a whole and the effects of policies.
*Illustrative imageEvaluating the externalities of agriculture and rural areas
This research economically evaluates the externalities that agriculture and rural areas bring to society. The lab works on evaluating multifunctionality and comparing it internationally, and also conducts field surveys for this purpose.
*Illustrative imageAgricultural policy under market opening
This research deals with international trade issues arising from the opening of agricultural markets. The lab analyzes how the WTO and free trade agreements (FTAs) affect trade in agricultural products.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTakashi Hayashi
- Assistant ProfessorHirokazu Akahori
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Satoyama landscape near Hida, Gifu” Seth Vidal / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Evaluating the externalities of agriculture and rural areas: “Sugitani Shinden01” Motokoka / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Agricultural policy under market opening: “Albany Port Ship Loading” Hughesdarren / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Regional Partnership Economics Lab): “Honbetsu north” Opqr / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cooperative Studies Lab): “Rice Fields Before Harvest in Autumn Hokkaido Japan” Sgroey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Agricultural Resource Economics Lab): “A sea of ripe wheat - geograph.org.uk - 905835” Zorba the Geek / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Development Economics Lab): “Paddy field in Nepal 2013” Sharada Prasad CS / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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