PROJECT
CUBE 2.0, an update of the 2010 release of the 1.0 version, allows users to estimate the "farm-to-gate" greenhouse gas emissions of biomass feedstocks for energy production, as well as the uncertainty in these emissions.
REPORT
This report considers how translational research and knowledge exchange can be enhanced throughout the food and agricultural value chain so that best use is made of public and private investment in research and knowledge generation.
COMMENTARY
Policies to stimulate African development require evidence that is difficult to obtain using existing indicators, writes Watu Wamae.
REPORT
U.S. power plants seek to diversify their fuel sources and biomass energy is a renewable resource that generally has lower life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. This model estimates the cost and availability of biomass energy resources from U.S. agricultural lands from the perspective of an individual power plant.
REPORT
This study, commissioned by the UK National Audit Office, analyses the implementation of the new European Single Payment Scheme of farm payments in Germany and Finland. This scheme was introduced by the European Union 2003 as a new way of supporting its farmers. This research details the specifics of the national payment systems and implementation processes in Germany and Finland and compares the performance of these two countries.
REPORT
Ideally, improved agricultural practices should continue to increase food production while reducing environmental damage and other undesirable effects of current methods. Perennial polyculture farming could be an important step toward realizing that goal.
REPORT
This study, commissioned by the UK National Audit Office, gives an overview of the introduction of single farm payments in Germany. This research details the specifics of the German payment system and the process of implementation.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Discusses the Impact of a major act of agricultural bio-terrorism in the United States.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
REPORT
Over the past decade, the United States has endeavored to increase its ability to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist threats and incidents. The agriculture sector and the food industry in general, however, have received comparatively little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. This study aims to expand the current debate on domestic homeland security by assessing the vulnerabilities of the agricultural…
REPORT
Motivated by the growing threat of terrorism to the nation's homeland, the Office of Science and Technology, in conjunction with the RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute, organized and convened a Blue Ribbon Panel in early December 2003 to prioritize a future research and development agenda for combating biological acts of agro-terrorism directed against U.S. livestock and related produce. This report contains the papers submitted…
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief describes work documented in Hitting America’s Soft Underbelly: The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry (MG-135-OSD).
REPORT
Testimony presented before the Government Affairs Committee of the United States Senate on November 19, 2003.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
REPORT
Testimony presented before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, U.S. Senate on October 10, 2001.
REPORT
This report discusses the economics of Soviet agriculture from the mid-1960s to the present. In particular, it examines (1) the reasons Brezhnev's agricultural policy, designed to correct the deficiencies inherited from his predecessor, proved to be ...
REPORT
Develops a model of the demand for public goods, and applies the model to explain cross-sectional differences in public allocations to agricultural research in the United States. The model postulates that demanders of agricultural research on the st...
REPORT
An overview of Communist China's agricultural policies during the period of 1949-1968 and their impact on production and economic growth. During the land reform and First Five Year Plan, collectivization was accomplished. In the Great Leap of 1958-1...
REPORT
An evaluation of the impact of chemical crop destruction on the Viet Cong food supply and on the attitude of the Vietnamese peasant toward the United States and the Government of Vietnam.
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