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AIC ISSUES BRIEFS
The Value of Tradable
Credits for Rice Straw Burning (no. 12, 2000, pdf)
Marc Carey, Daniel A. Sumner and Richard E. Howitt summarize
their analysis of the cost savings available to the Sacramento
Valley rice industry through trading of burn credits.
Water Transfers and Groundwater
Management: An Economic Analysis (no. 7, 1998, html)
Marca Weinberg, Keith Knapp, Richard Howitt and Judith Posnikoff
summarize a case study of the potential effects on groundwater
and on agricultural production of reduced surface water use
resulting from water market transfers with and without groundwater
management.
Economic Impacts of Irrigation
Water Cuts in the Sacramento Valley (no. 1, 1997, html)
Hyunok Lee, Daniel A. Sumner, and Richard E. Howitt address the
question: If a substantial part of the Sacramento Valley's irrigation
supply became unavailable, what would be the economic effects on
farmers and on communities---and where would the loss hit hardest? |
AIC QUARTERLY ARTICLES
(You may have to browse the Quarterly to find the indicated
article.)
Volume 16, No 1, 2002
(pdf)
Energy crisis powers down; long-term effects uncertain
Volume 14, No. 1, 2000
(pdf)
Trading of Rice Straw Burn Credits
Volume 13, No. 3, 1999 (html)
Report Looks at Economics of Irrigation Water Losses
Volume 11, No. 4, 1997
(html)
Grower Survey on Rice Straw Disposal
AIC Program on Resources and Environment
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Book and Videos produced by AIC. Available in many libraries. Please contact AIC if unable to locate a copy.
| Economic Impacts of Irrigation Water Cuts in the Sacramento
Valley (1999) |
| Animal Agriculture Impact on Water Quality in California
(1995) |
| Sharing Scarcity: Gainers and Losers in Water Marketing
(1994) |
| California Water Transfers: Gainers and Losers in Two Northern
Counties, Proceedings of the 1992 Conference (1993) |
| Animal Agriculture Impact on Water Quality in California
Proceedings and Video |
| Farmers and Neighbors: Land Use, Pesticides and Other Issues
Workshop Summary Report / Farmers and Neighbors at the Edge
- Video |
| California Water Transfers: Gainers and Losers in Two Northern
Counties Proceedings / Sharing Scarcity: Water and Water Use
in California - Video |
Animal Agriculture Impacts on Water Quality in California (7 min)
Explores the impacts of the animal industry in California
on the state's water quality. Explains the importance of
a watershed approach in California. 1994
Sharing Scarcity: Water and Water Use in California (15 min.)
Outlines the forces that have created today's water crisis
in California, describes the state's water resources and
briefly reviews proposed approaches to the state's water
problems. 1992
Regulating Chemicals in Food: Public Policy Quandary (42 min.)
Explores issues involved in finding solutions to improve
current food safety standards. 1988
Lay of the Land (10 min.)
Describes agriculture, urbanization and water resources
involved with the 1991 water transfers in Solano and Yolo
counties. 1992
Resources at Risk: Air Quality (26 min.)
The valley's air pollution problems (emissions and meteorology)
are examined in this video. Also included are UC research
results identifying and linking ozone levels, crop yield
losses, economic consequences (acreage and price), and the
need for a regional approach to air pollution control. 1990
Resources at Risk: Land & Water Use (33 min.)
Explores thresholds of resource degradation, land use patterns,
and pressures on agricultural land. Outlines constraints
to surface and groundwater resources, and discusses approaches
for dealing with water scarcity. 1990 |
RELATED LINKS
AIC Associate
Director Keith Knapp's University of California, Riverside,
Environmental Sciences Faculty Webpage
California Department
of Pesticide Regulation
California
Department of Conservation
California Department
of Water Resources
California Resources
Agency
California Environmental
Protection Agency
United States Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service
United States Department
of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service
United States Environmental
Protection Agency
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