THE ECONOMICS OF NATURAL ANDHUMAN RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURE -- THE ECONOMICS OF NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURE -- CONTENTS -- PART A. NATURAL RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURESECTION I:MANAGEMENT OF WATER SALINITY -- INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS OF NATURALAND HUMAN RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ASUSTAINABLE SALT REGIME IN THE ISRAELICOASTAL AQUIFER -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. ASSUMPTIONS -- C.MODEL I -- C.1. The Algebraic Model -- C.2. The Balance Sheet -- C.3. Remarks -- C.4. Intuition -- D.MODEL II -- D.1. Exogenous Variables -- D.2. The Water Sector of the Coastal Region -- E. SELECTION OF A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE -- E.1. The Twelve Alternatives -- F. TIMING AND PRICES -- F.1. Timing -- F.2. Prices -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: PRICES IN THE WATER ECONOMY -- A. Functions and Variables -- B. Indexes -- C. The Structure of Cost -- D. Resources and Uses, Constraints, and Supply Requirements -- E. The Programming Problem -- REFERENCES -- MANAGING SALINITY IN DEGRADED SOILS BYMANDATORY TREE PLANTING: ON THE DYNAMICAND POLITICAL ECONOMY MODELING OF ACOMMON POOL RESOURCE -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. PROBLEM STATEMENT -- B.1. Confronting the Problem -- B.2. Economizing the Problem -- C. DYNAMICS OF SOIL QUALITY AND LAND SET-ASIDE INSMALL-HOLDER AGRICULTURE -- D. THE FARMERS' OBJECTIVE FUNCTION -- D.1. Farm Behavior -- D.2. System Behavior -- D.3. Social Welfare Function and Optimization -- E. POLITICAL ECONOMY BARGAINING MODEL AND GAME SOLUTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION II:MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES -- THE OVERDEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCES -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. EFFECTS OF PROJECTS -- C. A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR OVERDEVELOPMENT -- D. PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY IN A PURE HOUSEHOLD MODEL -- E. THE DMMODEL -- F. THE CONSTRAINED DMMODEL -- G. SUMMARY.

H. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ANDMANAGEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR -- C. AGRICULTURAL WATER-USE -- C.1. Canadian Water Supply and Demand -- C.2. Regulation of Water Withdrawals -- C.3. Economic Research on Canadian Agricultural Water Withdrawals -- D. CANADIAN AGRICULTURE AND NONPOINT SOURCE WATERPOLLUTION -- D.1. Regulation of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Water Pollution -- D.2. Economic Research on Canadian Agricultural Nonpoint Source WaterPollution -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- WATER RESOURCES AND IRRIGATIONMANAGEMENT IN TURKEY -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. GENERAL SITUATION AND POTENTIAL OF WATER RESOURCES -- C.WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- D.MAJOR PROBLEMS -- E. SOUTH EAST ANATOLIA PROJECT (GAP) -- CONCLUSION -- SECTION III: LAND AND AGRICULTURE -- AFINANCE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDINGPATTERNS OF LAND TENURE -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. FINANCING MEDIEVAL AGRICULTURE -- C. INSIGHTS FROM CORPORATE FINANCE -- C.1. Lease or Buy? -- C.2. Debt Versus Equity -- D. LEASE OR BUY IN PREINDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE -- E. DEBT VERSUS EQUITY IN THE LEASING OF LAND -- E.1. Leverage -- E.2. Asset-Stripping -- E.3. The Difficulty of Measuring Output -- E.4. The Role of Urban Investors -- E.5. The Complete Story -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LAND ALLOCATION AND MAIZE PRODUCTIVITY INZAMBIAN SMALL-AND MEDIUM-SIZE FARMS:EVIDENCE FROM MICRO-DATA -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE IN ZAMBIA -- C. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- D. DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- E. EMPIRICAL SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATION PROCEDURE -- F. RESULTS OF THE SHARE OF LAND DEVOTED TO MAIZE -- G. RESULTS OF THE YIELD EQUATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE IMPACT OF LAND REFORM ON RURALHOUSEHOLD INCOMES IN TRANSCAUCASIA ANDCENTRAL ASIA -- ABSTRACT.

A. INTRODUCTION -- B. A PROFILE OF TRANSCAUCASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA -- C. THE PROCESS OF LAND REFORM1 -- D. AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE -- E. FARM SIZES AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF INDIVIDUAL FARMING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART B. HUMAN RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURESECTION IV: KNOWLEDGE, PRODUCTIVITY ANDGROWTH -- RESEARCH AS SEARCH: EVENSON-KISLEV ANDTHE GREEN REVOLUTION -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE ADAPTIVE INNOVATION MODEL -- B.1. The Single Period-Single Trait Model -- B.2. Multiple Traits -- B.3. Periodicity without Recharge -- B.4. Periodicity with Recharge -- C. Testing the Induced Invention/Innovation Model for the Green Revolution -- C.1. MV Releases -- C.2. Testing the Research as Search Model -- C.3. Implications for NARS Productivity -- D. IMPLICATIONS FOR NARS INVESTMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF KNOWLEDGESPILLOVERS -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE ECONOMY -- C. DYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION -- D. KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS AND WELFARE MEASUREMENT -- E. ESTIMATES OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER EFFECTS -- F. EDUCATION POLICY -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX: TURNPIKE GROWTH PROCESSES -- REFERENCES -- SECTION V: GOVERNANCE, RESOURCES ANDAGRICULTURAL POLICIES -- COMMODITY SUPPORT, INVESTMENT, ANDPRODUCTIVITY -- ABSTRACT -- A. THE U.S. 2002 FARM ACT -- B. PRE-2002 POLICIES -- B.1. Long-Run Policy Effects -- C. PRICE SUPPORT, FARMER INVESTMENT, ANDPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH -- D. DATA EVIDENCE -- D.1. Investment in Agriculture -- D.2. Productivity Growth and Investment -- D.3. Short-Term Acreage Effects of Post-1996 Policies -- REFERENCES -- ARE "DECOUPLED" FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTSREALLY DECOUPLED?AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK AND ECONOMETRIC METHODS -- C. EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- C.1. Farm-Level Acreage Analysis -- C.2. Analysis of Idled Acreage -- C.3. Analysis of Land Acquisition.

C.4. County-Level Acreage Analysis -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS:LESSONS FROM REFORMS IN ISRAEL -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANDEXPORTS1 -- C. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OVER TIME2 -- C.1. The Avocado Sector -- C.2. The Citrus Sector -- C.3. The Pepper Sector -- D.MARKET POWER IN EXPORT MARKETS -ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS -- D.1. The Citrus Sector -- D.2. The Avocado Sector -- D.3. The Pepper Sector -- E. THE MARKET FOR EXPORT SERVICES - ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS -- E.1. The Avocado Sector -- E.2. The Pepper Sector -- E.3. The Citrus Sector -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION VI: LABOR AND MANAGEMENT ONFARM HOUSEHOLDS -- THE EFFECT OF FAMILY COMPOSITION ON THE OFFFARMPARTICIPATION DECISIONS IN ISRAELI FARMHOUSEHOLDS -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS RESULTS -- C. THEORY AND EMPIRICAL METHODS -- D. DATA -- E. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- F. RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FARM HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND ON- AND OFF-FARMDIVERSIFICATION -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THEORY -- C. DATA -- D. RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- ON-FARM NON-AGRICULTURAL LABOR:ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TOURISM INWESTERN COUNTRIES -- ABSTRACT -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- B.1 Definition and Description -- B.2. The Development of Rural Tourism -- B.3. The Impacts of Rural Tourism -- B.4. Public Intervention -- B.5. The Relations between Agriculture and Rural Tourism -- C. RURAL TOURISM IN ISRAEL -- C.1. Background -- C.2. Detailed Description of the Industry -- C.3 Economic Indicators -- SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.