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Invitation to Canberra

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Introduction
Plenary Sessions
Invited Panels
Computer Sessions
Other Conference Sessions
Closing Session
Showcasing Australian and New Zealand Agriculture

A detailed program matrix is now available for all main conference sessions.

Introduction

IAAE Vice-President (Program) Keijiro Otsuka is leading the development of the main conference program. The program will consist of keynote speakers and invited panel discussions, selected contributed papers and poster presentations, and mini-symposia. The conference is calling for abstracts of contributed papers and posters which can be submitted directly via the papers and posters submission button on this website.

Pre-conference policy workshops and a learning workshop are scheduled for Saturday August 12. The conference will commence on Sunday 13 August and conclude on Friday 18 August 2006. Conference tours will be conducted on Wednesday 16 August 2006.

The conference theme is:
Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues

Plenary Sessions

The conference is structured around six main plenary sessions that will include:

Presidential Address
Agricultural Growth and Economic Development: A View Through the Globalization Lens

Prabhu Pingali | read bio

The presidential address re-visits the age old proposition that agriculture growth contributes to overall economic development, and asks whether the relationship still holds in an increasingly globalized world. There is overwhelming empirical support for the above proposition, indeed, it is hard to find exceptions, barring a few city states, where sustained economic development has not been preceded by robust agricultural growth. However, there are a large number of countries that have witnessed neither agricultural growth nor economic development. Even in countries where agricultural growth has been significant, dramatic inter-regional differences persist. This paper examines the factors that contribute to or constrain the process of agricultural transformation. Does the process of globalization, and the resultant changes in agrifood systems, offer new opportunities for agriculture led growth, or will it further marginalize excluded countries, regions and groups? The factors that cause exclusion are examined both in terms of globalization forces and in terms of domestic shortcomings in policies and governance. Policy interventions that attempt to reduce the costs of transition to a globalized agricultural system are explored, including safetynets for those left behind.

Elmhirst Lecture
Empowering Rural People for their Own Development

Hans Binswanger | read bio
Tswane University for Technology

This lecture first discusses the features of the institutional environment which allow rural people in low income countries to design, plan and implement their own rural development. These are divided into two broad groups: the institutional environment for rural development (environment for the private sector, communities and civil society, local government, and sector institutions) and the many factors governing profitability of investment in agriculture. While in many poor countries the institutional environment has improved over the last 20 years, the most poorly performing countries still have by far the poorest environment for local government in the world. Within an empowering institutional environment, the rate of agricultural and rural development is determined by investments of many different types that in turn depend primarily on the profitability of agriculture. The paper discusses the large number of factors which determine profitability. Few of these are under the direct control of farmers or agricultural sector institutions, but depend on governance and investments in other sectors such as trade and transport. In many of the poorest countries there has been considerable improvement in macro-economic management and sector policies over the past 20 years, but progress in international and intra-regional trade policies, in agricultural trade policies, and in transport infrastructure have been limited.

In other plenary sessions, panels of speakers will address the themes:

1. Economics of Natural Disasters
Chair	Per Pinstrup-Andersen \| read bio H.E. Babcock Professor, Cornell University Chair, Science Council of the CGIAR
Speakers	The Economics of Natural Disasters: Options and Challenges for Food Security Hartwig de Haen \| read bio Retired Assistant Director General, FAO Günter Hemrich \| read bio FAO
	The Impact of Droughts and Floods on Food Security and Policy Options to Alleviate Negative Effects Stephen Devereux \| read bio Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
	The Impact of Natural Disasters on Household Welfare Yasuyuki Sawada \| read bio Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
Discussant	Derek Byerlee \| read bio Principal Economist, World Bank

2. Trade and Marketing of Agricultural Commodities in a Globalizing World
Chair	Kym Anderson \| read bio Professor, University of Adelaide Lead Economist, World Bank
Speakers	The Doha Agenda and Agricultural Trade Reform: the Role of Economic Analysis Will Martin \| read bio Lead Economist, World Bank Kym Anderson \| read bio Lead Economist, World Bank
	Globalization, Privatization, and Vertical Coordination in Food Value Chains in Developing and Transition Countries Johan Swinnen \| read bio Professor, Catholic University of Leuven Miet Maertens Professor, Catholic University of Leuven
	Food Regulation and Trade Under the WTO: Ten Years in Perspective David Orden \| read bio Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Donna Roberts \| read bio Senior Economist, ERS-USDA
Discussant	Lee Ann Jackson \| read bio Economic Affairs Office, WTO

3. Risk, Food Safety, and Health
Chair	Carolyn Tanner \| read bio Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Speakers	Economics of Biofortification Matin Qaim \| read bio Professor, University of Hohenheim Alexander J. Stein \| read bio Research Associate, University of Hohenheim J.V. Meenakshi \| read bio Impact and Policy Coordinator for HarvestPlus based at IFPRI
	Food Safety in a Globalizing World: Opportunities and Challenges for India Dina Umali-Deininger \| read bio Lead Agricultural Economist, World Bank Mona Sur \| read bio Economist, World Bank
	Food-Health Linkages as Global Public Goods Laurian Unnevehr \| read bio Professor, University of Illinois
Discussant	Nicole Ballenger \| read bio Professor, University of Wyoming

4. Transformation of Unfavorable Areas: Technologies, Institutions, and Market Access
Chair	Jikun Huang \| read bio
Speakers	The Technology Issues for Unfavorable Areas Mahabub Hossain \| read bio Head of the Social Sciences Division, IRRI
	Impacts of Agrifood Market Transformation during Globalization on the Poor’s Rural Nonfarm Employment Tom Reardon \| read bio Professor, Economics at Michigan State University
	Marketing Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa Eleni Gabre-Madhin \| read bio Program Leader, Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) IFPRI
Discussant	Ruben Echeverria \| read bio Executive Director, Science Council of the CGIAR

Invited Panels

Organiser: Keijiro Otuska

1. Food Safety Standards and Agri-Food Exports from Developing Countries
Organiser	Spencer Henson University of Guelph
Speakers	Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures as Barriers to Trade for the Poor in Developing Countries: How Much Do We Know? Clare Narrod IFPRI
	Strategic Perspective on the Impact of Food Safety Standards on Developing Country Exports Spencer Henson University of Guelph
	Standards as Barriers and Catalysts for Trade and Poverty Reduction Johan Swinnen \| read bio University of Leuven, Belgium

2. Advances in Spatial Economic Analysis for Agricultural Economists: Tools and Topics
Organiser	Gerald C. Nelson University of Illinois
Speakers	Spatial Economic Analysis: An Introduction to Concepts, Methodologies and Data Gerald C. Nelson University of Illinois
	Spatial Econometrics Issues for Bio-Economic and Land Use Modeling Garth Holloway University of Reading James LeSage University of Toledo Donald Lacombe University of Ohio
	Spatial Economic Analysis in Data-Rich Environments Kathleen Bell University of Maine Timothy Dalton University of Maine
	Modeling Deforestation and Land Use Change: Sparse Data Environments Alex De Pinto University of Redlands Gerald C. Nelson University of Illinois
	Using Spatial Analysis to Study the Values of Variable Rate Technology and Information David S. Bullock University of Illinois James Lowenburg-DeBoer Purdue University

3. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health in High and Low-Income Countries: Policy Issues
Organiser	Susan Offutt USDA
Speakers	Agricultural Research and Policy for Better Health and Nutrition Per Pinstrup-Andersen \| read bio Cornell University
	The Nutrition Transition in High and Low-Income Countries: What are the Policy Lessons? Barry Popkin University of North Carolina
	Is Obesity a Result of Faulty Economics Policies? The Case of the United States and Japan Ben Senauer University of Minnesota Masahiko Gemma Waseda University
	Food and Agricultural Policy to Mitigate the Negative Consequences of HIV/AIDS Hans Binswanger \| read bio Tswane University for Technology

4. Drought: Economic Consequences and Policies for Mitigation
Organiser	Sushil Pandey IRRI
Speakers	Coping with Drought in Asia: Insights from a Comparative Study Sushil Pandey IRRI H N Bhandari JIRCAS, Japan S Ding Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China P Prapertchob Khon Kaen University, Thailand R Sharan Ranchi University, India D Naik Orissa University of Agricultural Technology, India S K Taunk Indira Gandhi University of Agricultural Technology, India ASRAS Sastri Indira Gandhi University of Agricultural Technology, India
	Managing and Sharing the Risks of Drought in Australia Greg Hertzler University of Western Australia Ross Kingwell University of Western Australia Jason Crean University of Sydney Chris Carter University of Western Australia
	Managing Drought in Africa: Policy Perspectives Madhur Gautam World Bank
	Global Overview Jock R. Anderson IFPRI
Chair and Discussant	J. Brian Hardaker Australia

5. Rural Industrial Clusters in Developing Countries
Organiser	Xiaobo Zhang IFPRI
Speakers	Cluster-Based Rural Industrialization: The Case of Northern Vietnam Yuichi Kimura GRIPS Tetsushi Sonobe FASID/GRIPS
	The Formation of Wenzhou Shoe Clusters: How the Entry Barriers Were Overcome? Zuhui Huang Zhejiang University Xiaobo Zhang IFPRI Yunwei Zhu Zhejiang University
	Pump Clusters in China: Explaining the Organization of the Industry that Revolutionized Asian Agriculture Qiuqiong Huang University of California Scott Rozelle University of California Jikun Huang \| read bio Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy Jinxia Wang Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy Dinghuan Hu Agricultural Economics Institute
	Clusters as a Way to Lower Credit Barriers: The Case of Cashmere Sweater Industry in Tongxing, Zhejiang Jianqing Ruan Zhejiang University Longbao Wei Zhejiang University Xiaobo Zhang IFPRI

6. Land Productivity, Land Markets and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Organiser	Stein Holden Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Speakers	How Do Land Rental Markets Affect Efficiency and Sustainability of Land Use? Sam Benin IFPRI Ephraim Nkonya IFPRI John Pender IFPRI Frank Place ICRAF
	Tenure Insecurity, Transaction Costs in the Land Lease Market and their Implications for Gendered Productivity Differentials Mintewab Bezabih Gotenburg University Stein Holden Norwegian University of Life Sciences
	Legal Knowledge and Economic Development: The Case of Land Rights in Uganda Klaus Deininger World Bank Takashi Yamano FASID/GRIPS
	The Role of Agricultural Land Productivity in Reducing Poverty in Tanzania: A Household Perspective from Rural Kilimanjaro and Ruvuma Alexander Sarris FAO Sara Savastano Min. of Econ. & Finance, Italy Luc Christiaensen World Bank
	Productivity in Malagasy Rice Systems: Wealth-differentiated Constraints and Priorities Bart Minten Cornell University Claude Randrianarisoa Cornell University Chris Barrett Cornell University
Chair	Stein Holden Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Discussants	Gerson Feder World Bank Derek Byerlee World Bank

7. Access of African Farmers to domestic and international Markets: Opportunities and Constraints
Organiser	Egnonto M. Koffi-Tessio University of Lome
Speakers	Access of Northern African Farmers to Domestic and International Markets: Opportunities and Constraints Marwan Soliman Institutions et Dynamiques Historiques de l'Economie
	Access of Western African Farmers to Domestic and International Markets: Opportunities and Constraints Kofi Yerfi Fosu University of Ghana
	Access of Eastern African Farmers to Domestic and International Markets: Opportunities and Constraints Godfrey Bahiigwa ILRI
	Access of Southern African Farmers to Domestic and International Markets: Opportunities and Constraints Mohammad Karaan University of Stollenbosch
Discussant	Edith Adera International Development Research Center

8. The Role of Economic Statistics in Agricultural Policy Shifts
Organiser	Mary Ahearn USDA
Speakers	A Developing Economy Perspective: Selected African Countries Naman Keita Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N.
	A Transition Economy Perspective: Russia Eugenia Serova Russian Institute for Economy in Transition
	A Developed Country Perspective: The U.S. Bruce Gardner University of Maryland Barry Goodwin North Carolina State University Mary Ahearn USDA
Discussants	Wilfrid Legg OECD

9. Market-Based Instruments: Policy and Information Issues
Organiser	Mark Eigenraam DPI, Victoria, Australia
Speakers	The Australian Market Based Instruments Program: Experience and Learning Nicola Lansdell DPI, Victoria, Australia Gary Stoneham DSE, Victoria, Australia
	Income Distributional Effects of Using Market Based Instruments for Water Reallocation Richard Howitt University California, Davis Siwa Msangi International Food Policy Research Institute
	Designing Frameworks to Deliver Unknown Information to Support Market Based Instruments Mark Eigenraam DPI, Victoria, Australia Craig Beverly DPI, Victoria, Australia Loris Strappazzon DPI, Victoria, Australia Nicola Lansdell DPI, Victoria, Australia
	Policy applications of experimental economics; asking the right questions Charlotte Duke University College, London
Chair	Loris Strappazzon DPI, Victoria, Australia

10. Economics of Biofuels
Organiser	Mal Wegener University of Queensland
Speakers	Meeting the Australian Government's Target of 350 Million Litres of Biofuels Produced from Renewable Resources by 2010 Graham Love Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
	Economics of Bioethanol Production - A View from Europe Oliver Henniges University of Hohenheim
	U.S. Agriculture's Role in Energy Production: Current Levels and Future Prospects Vernon Eidman University of Minnesota
	Brazil's Fuel Ethanol Program: Reasons for its Success Miguel Dabdoub Ribeirao Preto
Chair	Robert Gordon Renewable Fuels Australia

11. Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Developing Countries: What do we really know?
Organiser	The European Association of Agricultural Economists
Speakers	Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Developing Countries: A North-South Perspective on Agriculture and Processing Sector Hans van Meijl Agricultural Economics Research Institute Frank van Tongeren Agricultural Economics Research Institute
	The Consequences of Agricultural Trade Liberalization for Developing Countries Jean-Christophe Bureau INRA-INA PG Sebastian Jean INRA-INA PG Alan Matthews Trinity College, Dublin
	The Tariff-Only Import Regime for Bananas in the European Union: Setting the Tariff at Right Level is Impossible Mission Herve Guyomard INRA-ESR Chantal Le Mouel INRA-ESR
	EU Food Safety Standards, Traceability and Other Regulations: A Growing Trade Barrier to Developing Countries' Exports? Klaus Frohberg Center for Development Research Ulrike Grote Center for Development Research Etti Winter Center for Development Research
Chair	Giovanni Anania University of Calabria
Discussant	Will Martin \| read bio World Bank

12. WTO and Asian Agriculture
Organiser	Sei-kyun Choi Korea Rural Economic Institute
Speakers	Agricultural Negotiation of DDA and Its Implications for East Asian Agricultural Trade Jin kyo Suh Korea Rural Economic Institute
	China's Entry into WTO: Opportunity, Challenge and Strategy Siming Wang Nanjing University
	WTO, FTA and Seeking Common Agricultural Policy in Asia Masayoshi Honma Tokyo University
	WTO's Agreement on Agriculture (AA) and India's Agricultural Trade Kaliappa Kalirajan FASID/GRIPS
Discussant	Arsenio M. Balisacan University of Philippines

13. Using both Partial and General Equilibrium Analyses to Gain Insights into the Agricultural Trade Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda
Organisers	Thomas Hertel Purdue University Stephan von Cramon Georg-August University
Speakers	General and Partial Equilibrium Simulations of Agricultural Trade: A Meta-Analysis Sebastien Hess Georg-August University Stephan von Cramon Georg-August University
	Extending General Equilibrium Analysis to the Tariff Line: US Dairy in the Doha Development Agenda Jason Grant Purdue University Thomas Hertel Purdue University Thomas Rutherford Ann Arbor
	Bridging Micro- and Macro-Analyses of the EU Sugar Program: Methods and Insights Jean-Christophe Bureau INRA Alexander Gohin INRA
	The Doha Development Round and Africa: Partial and General Equilibrium Analyses of Tariff Preference Erosion Hedi Bchir United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Mustapha Sadni Jallab UNECA Patrick Osakwe UNECA Stephen N. Karingi UNECA
Discussants	Joachim von Braun IFPRI Alexander Sarris FAO

Computer Sessions

Organiser: Oscar Cacho

Computer sessions will take place on Monday 14 August between 1:00 and 2:45 pm.

1. Simetar (Simulation & Econometrics to Analyze Risk)
Presenter	James W. Richardson Agricultural and Food Policy Center Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, USA
Program	The following topics will be covered: • Stochastic simulation – alternative distributions • Stochastic output analysis – ranking risky alternatives with SERF • Regression & econometric analyses • Parameter estimation for probability distributions • Matrix operations – Univariate and Multivariate validation tests • Simulating multivariate Normal and Non-Normal distributions • Data analysis • Graphical capabilities for stochastic simulation models Participants are asked to download the software in advance and install it on their notebook computer before the session. The package includes: 30 Day Free Trial copy of Simetar, (2) 125 demonstration Excel programs, and (3) a PDF file of the Users Manual. The software is available at: http://www.simetar.com/Browser.aspx

2. TSTAR – Invasive Species Decision Support System
Presenter	Ram Ranjan International Agricultural Trade and Policy Center Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, USA
Program	The software offers two approaches; one a generic version and second a case-specific version. The generic version of the software is capable of three types of analyses: 1. Long term steady state evaluation of pest distribution and establishment and their corresponding economic consequences. 2. Evaluation of weed control options and to maximize net present values from weed management using scenario analyses. 3. Determination of optimum rotation of trees that provide economic value but are infested with invasive pests. The case-specific version will be used to demonstrate the application to soybean rust management in the United States using real time data. Demonstration of the software will be followed by discussion.

Other Conference Sessions

The other conference sessions will include:

Contributed papers, in parallel sessions
Co-organisers: Ruerd Ruben and Kees Burger
Symposia
Co-organisers: Jikun Huang and Linxiu Zhang
Poster papers
Co-organisers: William Meyers and Vince Smith

Closing Session
Friday, 18 August

Conference Synopsis
Chair	Prabhu Pingali
Synthesis Remarks	John Longworth Australia Yujiro Hayami Japan Rashid Hassan South Africa Mark Rosegrant USA
Synoptic Address	David Colman Incoming President
Closing Remarks	Prabhu Pingali

Showcasing Australian and New Zealand Agriculture
Wednesday, 16 August

Another highlight of the conference will be "Showcasing Australian and New Zealand Agriculture" on Wednesday 16 August, devoted to giving our international visitors insights into the land down under. Activities will include:

Morning plenary sessions on Agriculture and Natural Resources in Australia and New Zealand
Organiser: Brian Fisher
Afternoon field tours of Agriculture and Natural Resources in south-east Queensland
Organiser: Hoteliers International
Evening Aussie BBQ and Bush Band
Organiser: Malcolm Wegener

Program Schedule
Chair	Joanna Hewitt \| read bio Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
8:30	Official Welcome Australian Agricultural Policy and Trade Reform Geoff Miller \| read bio GCM Strategic Services
9:00	Australian Agriculture: Outlook and the International Context Brian Fisher \| read bio Executive Director, ABARE
9:30	Transparency, Australian Policy Processes and International Trade Andrew Stoeckel \| read bio CEO, Centre for International Economics
10:00	Morning tea
10:30	Reducing Rural Red Tape Gary Banks \| read bio Chairman, Productivity Commission
11:00	The Changing Face of Agriculture: Rural Communities and Structural Adjustment Peter Corish \| read bio Immediate Past President of the National Farmers Federation and Chair, Agriculture and Food Policy Reference Group
11:30	Close of plenary session
12:00	Buses depart for mid-conference agricultural tours

Australian and New Zealand agriculture: past, present and future.
The Showcasing Australian and New Zealand Agriculture day will be complemented with the release of a special publication on Australian and New Zealand agriculture. The report will provide an overview of the sectors in both countries and cover the future of agriculture, including trade issues, markets and products, as well as a regional demographic outlook.

Tourism images courtesy Tourism Queensland

26th Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
12-18 August 2006 | Gold Coast, Australia