Restricting intensive livestock production: Economic effects of mineral policy in The Netherlands
使用可计算一般均衡模型,研究了荷兰减少畜牧业生产以解决矿物质过量环境问题的经济影响,发现猪和家禽养殖收入分别下降2.6%和1.0%,相关产业受到严重冲击。
This paper examines the effects for the Dutch economy of a reduction in livestock production using an applied general equilibrium model. A reduction is seen as a possible solution to the environmental problems linked with the excess supply of minerals to the environment. Results show that a decrease in pig and poultry production to achieve a maximum permitted phosphate loss of 30 kg/ha will decrease income of pig and poultry farming by 2.6 and 1.0 per cent, respectively. The compound feed, pig meat and poultry meat industry are seriously affected. Trade shows a reduction in net exports of livestock and meat and net imports of feed stuffs. Copyright 1998 by Oxford University Press.