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Simulating market and environmental impacts of French pesticide policies: a macroeconomic assessment

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  • Bareille, Francois
  • Gohin, Alexandre

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The application of synthetic pesticides by farmers generates fierce debates in France. This paper offers an original macroeconomic quantification of the economic and environmental impacts of pesticide applications. We first reveal the statistically significant influence of the prices of crops and pesticides on these applications. This influence is smaller for cereals than for other crops. We then simulate some economic and environmental impacts of potential French policies that may be introduced. As expected, implementation of a tax policy reduces pesticide use and weakens the economic situation of French farmers and food processors. More originally, we find that French livestock activities are seriously affected by increased feed costs. We also find that a pesticide tax increases nitrogen pollution and greenhouse gas emissions due to global land use changes. Finally, policy insights regarding these macroeconomic results are discussed.
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  • Bareille, Francois & Gohin, Alexandre, 2018. "Simulating market and environmental impacts of French pesticide policies: a macroeconomic assessment," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274326, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea18:274326
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.274326
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    1. Beckman, Jayson & Ivanic, Maros & Jelliffe, Jeremy L. & Baquedano, Felix G. & Scott, Sara G., 2020. "Economic and Food Security Impacts of Agricultural Input Reduction Under the European Union Green Deal’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies," Agricultural Economic Reports 307277, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Koppenberg, Maximilian & Hirsch, Stefan & Finger, Robert, 2023. "Effects of the debate on glyphosate's carcinogenic risk on pesticide producers' share prices," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
    3. Dupraz, Pierre, 2021. "Policies for the ecological transition of agriculture: the livestock issue," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), vol. 101(4), January.
    4. Alexandre Gohin, 2023. "On the sustainability of the French food system: A macroeconomic assessment," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(2), pages 860-880, June.
    5. Jayson Beckman & Maros Ivanic & Jeremy Jelliffe, 2022. "Market impacts of Farm to Fork: Reducing agricultural input usage," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(4), pages 1995-2013, December.

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    Production Economics; Resource and Environmental Policy Analysis; International Trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q11 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis; Prices
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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