AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY 80th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 30th and 31st March 2006 at INA P-G, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75231 PARIS cedex 05, France

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME - SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION Thursday 30th March 2006 Time 8 am Registration

9.30 Contributed Paper 1 Bioeconomics Cost-Effective Bioeconomic Management Strategies For Invasive Non-indigenous Species Shefali V. Mehta, Robert G. Haight Frances R. Homans, Stephen Polasky, S Mehta, Dept of Applied Economics, Univ. of Minnesota, Foot-And-Mouth Disease In Ireland A Cost-Effectiveness Study Of Animal Disease Eradication Strategies Emma Dillon Dept of Economics, Univ. of Dublin, Policy Reform and the Environment The Implications Of Global Trade Policy Reform For Meeting Kyoto Protocol Commitments Anita Wreford, Caroline Saunders, AERU, Lincoln University Environment Implications Of Policy Reform: The Arable Crop Sector Dimitris Diakosavvas, OECD, Paris Marinos Tsigas U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC Food Quality Collective Action And Quality Labels:The Role Of Consumers’ Sensitivity To Quality And Of Spatial Heterogeneity Jean-Marc Callois Metafort (Cemagref-Engref-Enita-Inra) Modelling Differentiated Quality Standards In The Agri-Food Sector:The Case Of Meat Trade In The EU Marie-Luise Ra Humboldt-Univ. of Berlin, Frank van Tongeren LEI-Wageningen UR, Environment Economic Incentives, Non-Point Pollution And Integrated Catchment Management: Testing For The Transferability Of Policy Choice Across Catchments Nicholas Hanley , University of Stirling Point/ Nonpoint Effluent Trading With Spatial Heterogeneity Jussi Lankoski MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Erik Lichtenberg Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland Markku Ollikainen Dept of Economics and Management, Univ. of Helsinki, 10.30 Coffee 11.00 Symposia 1 ‘Consumer Attitudes to Food Quality and Safety’ – Chair Alex Lobb, University of Reading with Contributions from Professor Konstantinos Mattas, Aristotle University of Thessalonik, Matthieu Arnoult, University of Reading ‘The Contribution of Agricultural Economics to Interdisciplinary Research’ – Chair Janet Dwyer with contributions from Professor Philip Lowe, Director RELU others t.b.c. 12.30 Lunch 13.30 AGM followed by Presidential Address Professor Tim Josling (title to be confirmed) 15.00 Tea 15.30 Contributed Session 2 GM Issues Precaution and Protectionism: ‘Likeness’ and GM Food at the WTO Mike Burton, Univ. of Western Australia, Dan Rigby, Trevor Young Univ. of Manchester Ten Years After - Irreversibility, Uncertainty and the Economic Benefits and Costs of Transgenic Crops in Europe Justus Wesseler, Matty Demont Sara Scatasta Social Science Dept, Wageningen Univ, Food Chain Economics Market Power In UK Food Retailing: Theory And Evidence From Eight Product Groups Tim Lloyd, Steve McCorriston, Wyn Morgan, Tony Rayner Habtu Weldegebriel Univ. of Nottingham Resource Usage Within UK Food Chain Andrew Barnes and Alistair McVittie SAC Land Economy Research Group Analysis Trends In Dietary Patterns: A Cross-Country Non-Parametric Analysis Of Energy Intakes Mario Mazzocchi, University of Reading Cristina Brasili Elisa Sandri Dept of Statistics (University of Bologna) How Eco-labeling Schemes Can Help Firms to Raise Rivals’ Costs Lisette Ibanez Gilles Grolleau Naoufel Mzoughi, Umr Engref-Inra Trade and Environment Linkages Between Agriculture, Trade And The Environment In Romania In The Context Of The European Union Accession Cesar R. Giha Luiza Toma SAC Land Economy Research Group, Erik Mathijs Catholic Univ. Leuven Trade And The Environment: Integrating Economic And Environmental Drivers For The Sustainable Export Of Cut Flowers To The UK From East Africa. Areal F.J, MacLeod A, Touza J, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Palmieri M.G Central Science Laboratory Perrings C Spence N. J. Environment Dept, Univ. of York Production Economics Trial Plot Wheat Yields And Ground Level Ozone Pollution Colin Thirtle, Evridiki Kaliakatsou, Nigel Bell, Center for Environmental Policy, Imperial College Survival Modelling Of Crop Variety Innovations: An Application To UK Winter Wheat Varieties Dr C.S.Srinivasan, The University of Reading 16.30 Discussion Papers and Short Contributed Papers

Diversification Diversification Of Agricultural Production In Poland: A Chance For Remunerative Farming In Line With The Concept Of ‘Sustainable Agriculture’? Jan Fałkowski, Warsaw Univ. Poland, Hannah Chaplin Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Embedding Farm Diversification: Contemporary Trends And Policy Martin Turner, University of Exeter Agriculture An Analysis of the Contribution of English agriculture to the Economy, Society and Environment of England Carmen Suarez Chief Economist, NFU, Ian Woodhurst Senior Rural Policy Officer, Campaign for the Protection of Rural England Facing Up To New Realities: The Case For Using Relevant Cost And Target Cost Approaches In Agriculture Dr Lisa Jack Dept of Accounting, Finance & Management, University of Essex, Dr James V.H. Jones Royal Agricultural College Agriculture and Rural Economy Perspectives Of Rural Ireland In 2025 And Their Development Brendan Riordan Assessing The Impacts Of The 2003 Cap Reform In Different EU Member States Offermann, F, Gocht, A. Huettel, S. Kleinhanss, W Kuepker, B. Institute of Farm Economics, Federal Agricultural Research Centre; EU Agriculture Changing Consumer Preferences On Agricultural Markets And Their Trade Implications For EU Meat Markets: A Multi-Market, Multi Region Partial Equilibrium Analysis Gerald Schwarz The Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH Farm To Retail Price Transmission Of Milk: A French-Hungarian Comparison Lajos Zoltán Bakucs, Imre Fert
Hungarian Academy of Science, Institute of Economics, Budapest, Hungary C. Bontemps, INRA, Department of Economics, Toulouse, France. Michel Simioni, Hungarian Academy of Science Understanding Stakeholder Perceptions Identifying Farmer Attitudes Towards Genetically Modified Crops In Scotland C. Hall Land Economy Research Group SAC Selling Wool In Australia: A Qualitative Comparison Of Industry Stakeholders Elizabeth Jackson Mohammed Quaddus, Nazrul Islam, John Stanton Zohurul Hoque Graduate School of Business, University of Technology, Evening Conference Dinner http://www.chezfrancoise.com/V2/

Friday 31st March 2006 9.00 Contributed Session 3 Land Use Policy Change and Land Allocation Teresa Serra, CREDA, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Measuring Interactions Between Land Development And Land Value Steven T. Yen Seong-Hoon Cho Dept of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Trade Liberalisation Implications Of A Doha Agreement For Agricultural Policies In The EU And USA, David Abler, David Blandford, Dept Of Agricultural Economic & Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, Analysis Of The Impact Of Trade Liberalisation On Agriculture In The UK Myles Patton, Joan Moss, Philip Kostov, Lichun Zhang, Julian Binfield Patrick Westhoff Dept of Agricultural & Food Economics, Agriculture & Food Science Center, Science Service, DARD, Resource Economics Developing Environmental Accounts For Agriculture: The Case Of Water Pollution In The Welsh Region Dr Alison Bailey, Dept of Agriculture, The Univ. of Reading The Environmental Costs And Benefits Of Agricultural Water Use And Impacts On Water Quality, Dr Jonathan Fisher, Economics Policy Manager, Environment Agency Managed Realignment: An Economic Appraisal Of The Humber Catchment Diane Burgess Emma Coombes David Hadley Dept of Agriculture & Rural Development Kerry Turner Nina Jackson CSERGE, School of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of East Anglia, Agri-Environment Agriculture And Habitat Conservation: A Dynamic Bio-Economic Model Of Agricultural Effort And Land Use Determination Sebastien Foudi Manufacture des Tabaacs, Efficient Agri-Environmental Policy Design For Jointly Produced Multiple Environmental Goods Petr Havlík, Jean-Marie Boisson, Florence Jacquet, Petr Havlík, INRA – UMR LAMETA Optimal Productivity Adjustment And Biodiversity Conservation In Intensive Agriculture Noel Russell Amani Omer University of Manchester, Unai Pascual University of Cambridge 10.15 Poster Papers (with Tea/Coffee) 11.30 Key Note Speech: Stefan Tangermann Director for Agriculture, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, OECD 'Beyond Decoupling' 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Symposium 2 ‘Challenges for Stated Preference Analysis’ Chair Dan Rigby University of Manchester with contributions from Nick Hanley, University of Stirling and Danny Campbell, Queens University Belfast ‘Challenges for Modelling Agriculture in a Decoupled World’ - Chair Andrew Barnes with contributions from Tahir Rehman, University of Reading, Robert Young, Defra, Alex Gohin INRA 15.00 Tea /Coffee 15.30 Contributed Paper Session 4 Supply Chain Determinants Of ISO 14001 Certification In The Agri-Food Industry: Does The Porter Hypothesis Matter? Naoufel Mzoughi Gilles Grolleau Umr Inra-Enesad (Cesaer) Alban Thomas Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse – Lerna-Inra Proactive Upstream Supply Chain Sourcing Strategies: Securing Milk Supply In The UK Dairy Processing Industry Daniel Chicksand, Andrew Cox, Tong Yang Center for Business Strategy & Procurement, The Birmingham Business School Consumer Choice Using Choice Experiments To Estimate The Willingness To Pay For Reduced Pesticide Usage In UK Agriculture Chalak, A, Bailey, A., Balcombe, K., Fraser, I. Applied Economics & Business and Management Section, Imperial College London Public Preferences For Broiler Chicken Welfare: Evidence From Stated Preference Studies Alistair McVittie, Dominic Moran Land Economy, SAC Ian Nevin, BIOSS Rural Development The effect of incoming industries on the economic structure of rural areas: A case study of Oil and the Shetland Economy 1971 - 2003. Deb Roberts, Univ. of Aberdeen Business School Contemporary Functions Of Small And Medium-Sized Towns: A Study Of Rural Consumption Patterns In The UK And Netherlands Paul Courtney , Univ. of Gloucestershire, Lucy Mayfield, Univ. of Reading Agricultural Policy A Unified Framework For The Measurement Of The Redistributive Effects Of Agricultural Policy Dr Paul Allanson Dept of Economic Studies, Univ. Of Dundee, Are English Farmers Diversified Enough? Risk Management For Combineable Crops Under The Mid Term Review Stephen Ramsden, Paul Wilson, Univ. of Nottingham Agricultural Development Drivers Of Agricultural Intensification In New Zealand Martin Emanuelsson,Caroline Saunders,Bill Kaye-Blake, Anita Wreford AERU, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand Agricultural Futures And Implications For The Environment Joe Morris , University of Cranfield 16.30 Contributed Paper Session 5 Production and Trade Cost Efficiency Improvement in Milk Production: England and Wales 1997-2003 David Colman and Yaqin Zhuang, University of Manchester The Law Of One Price May Not Hold After All? Philip Kostov Dept of Agricultural & Food Economics, Queen’s University, John Lingard, University of Newcastle Methodological Developments Consequentiality And Demand Revelation In Double Referenda Katherine S. Carson United States Air Force Academy, Susan M. Chilton University of Newcastle upon Tyne, W. G Hutchinson Queens University Belfast Bayes Estimates Of Censored Regression Models With Individual Censoring Thresholds Garth Holloway,Mario Mazzocchi, Federico Perali Univ. of Reading, Rural Development Assessing Irish Rural viability – Vulnerability and Income diversification Mary J. Keeney Economic Analysis, Research and Publications Modelling The Effect Of Decoupling On The Labour Allocation Decisions Of Farm Households And Exploring The Implications For Rural Labour Markets In Ireland Thia C. Hennessy Rural Economy Research Center, Teagasc Jasmina Behan Tahir Rehman The Univ. Of Reading Agricultural Development Explaining Conversion To Particularly Animal-Friendly Stabling By Farmers In The Obwalden Canton: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach Aysel Tutkun Bernard Lehmann Agricultural & Food Economics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Modeling Of Structural Adjustment Processes Of Farming Enterprises Gregor Albisser, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 17.30 End of Conference