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Impacts économiques d’une réduction des utilisations agricoles des engrais minéraux en France : une analyse en équilibre général

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  • Fabrice Levert
  • Hervé Guyomard
  • Alexandre Gohin

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[fre] Nous évaluons les conséquences pour l’économie française de deux politiques de réduction des consommations agricoles des engrais minéraux, la taxation et le quota d’utilisation. Les deux politiques correspondent à une diminution de 15% des utilisations totales des engrais minéraux. Elles n’auraient que des effets limités sur les allocations de surfaces entre cultures et les offres des différentes productions agricoles. Les deux instruments conduiraient à une augmentation du bien-être marchand de l’économie française (environ 1,6 milliard de francs 1994). La politique de taxation aboutirait à une diminution de la valeur ajoutée agricole d’environ 2,5 milliards de francs 1994, alors que la politique de quotas librement échangeables permettrait un maintien au niveau initial (avec cependant des disparités entre secteurs agricoles). Les deux politiques permettraient d’obtenir un double dividende fort, i. e. une amélioration du bien-être privé de l’économie française et une réduction de la pollution. [eng] We evaluate the consequences for the French economy of two policies aimed at reducing agricultural consumption of mineral fertilisers : taxation and utilisation quotas. Both policies correspond to a diminution of 15% in total utilisation of mineral fertilisers. Both appear to have only limited effects on the allocation of land area between crops and on the supply of various types of agricultural produce. Both lead to an increase in market well-being for the French economy (of roughly 1.6 billion 1994 francs). But the policy based on taxation would lead to a decline in agricultural value-added of around 2.5 billion 1994 francs, whereas the policy based on freely tradable quotas would enable it to be maintained at its initial level, albeit with disparities between agricultural sectors. Both policies would make it possible to obtain a major double dividend, i. e. an improvement in private well-being for the French economy and a reduction in pollution.

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  • Fabrice Levert & Hervé Guyomard & Alexandre Gohin, 2003. "Impacts économiques d’une réduction des utilisations agricoles des engrais minéraux en France : une analyse en équilibre général," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 157(1), pages 13-30.
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