Nelson B Villoria
Biographic Data
| ID | 6319688 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nelson B Villoria |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nelson B |
| FAMILY NAME | Villoria |
| SIGNATURE | VILLORIA N B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1929-0725 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reduced benefits of climate-smart agricultural policies from land-use spillovers
Foreign yield shocks and domestic price variability
International trade helps to smooth food price swings caused from seasonal imbalances between domestic supply and demand. Trade also increases the possibility of importing price volatility from abroad. This concern looms large in the face of increased crop yield variability associated with climate change. We assess the extent to which maize yield shocks in exporting countries exacerbate the intra-seasonal variability of maize prices in a cross se…
The incidence of foreign market tariffs on farmland rental rates
We estimate the impact of tariffs faced by US agricultural exports on farmland rents. The localized tariff is determined by the average of tariffs across trading partners for the crops produced within the county. We utilize shift-share designs to avoid endogeneity concerns that arise because factors affecting rents could also affect trade flows and cropping patterns. Using the county-level data from 2008 to 2017, we find that a one percentage poi…
Consequences of agricultural total factor productivity growth for the sustainability of global farming
Most of the growth in agricultural output in the last thirty years comes from increases in the efficiency with which both land and non-land inputs are used. Recent work calls for a better understanding of whether this efficiency, known as total factor productivity (TFP), contributes to a more sustainable food system. Key to this understanding is the documented phenomenon that, instead of saving lands, the introduction of technologies that improve…
Climate shocks, food price stability and international trade
Do food imports increase the variability of domestic food prices?The answer to this question depends on whether foreign production is more volatile than domestic production.If imports are likely to destabilize domestic prices, storing crops for future consumption may prove an appealing strategy to cope with the adverse supply effects of a more unstable climate.Unfortunately, public storage has proven to be unsustainable due to the high costs of c…
Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments
Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…
Using spatially explicit data to improve our understanding of land supply responses
Land supply elasticities determine the rates of land conversion in global policy models. However, they are only available for few countries in the world. Therefore, analysts seeking to improve the spatial resolution of their models are forced to impose regionally homogeneous parameters over highly heterogeneous regions. This article estimates spatially explicit land supply elasticities using gridded data for the American continent. These estimate…
Does intensification slow crop land expansion or encourage deforestation?
The role of intensification in minimizing cropland and slowing deforestation is often disputed. We make a broad distinction between technology-induced and market-induced intensification. We find evidence at the local level that technical progress in a few cases may induce land expansion although much depends on where the technical change occurs (near the forest frontier or away from it) and the type of market (local or global). At a global level,…
China's Growth and the Agricultural Exports of Sub-Saharan Southern Africa
Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments
Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…
The incidence of foreign market tariffs on farmland rental rates
We estimate the impact of tariffs faced by US agricultural exports on farmland rents. The localized tariff is determined by the average of tariffs across trading partners for the crops produced within the county. We utilize shift-share designs to avoid endogeneity concerns that arise because factors affecting rents could also affect trade flows and cropping patterns. Using the county-level data from 2008 to 2017, we find that a one percentage poi…
China's Growth and the Agricultural Exports of Sub-Saharan Southern Africa
Using spatially explicit data to improve our understanding of land supply responses
Land supply elasticities determine the rates of land conversion in global policy models. However, they are only available for few countries in the world. Therefore, analysts seeking to improve the spatial resolution of their models are forced to impose regionally homogeneous parameters over highly heterogeneous regions. This article estimates spatially explicit land supply elasticities using gridded data for the American continent. These estimate…
Reduced benefits of climate-smart agricultural policies from land-use spillovers
China's Growth and the Agricultural Exports of Sub-Saharan Southern Africa
Does intensification slow crop land expansion or encourage deforestation?
The role of intensification in minimizing cropland and slowing deforestation is often disputed. We make a broad distinction between technology-induced and market-induced intensification. We find evidence at the local level that technical progress in a few cases may induce land expansion although much depends on where the technical change occurs (near the forest frontier or away from it) and the type of market (local or global). At a global level,…
Climate shocks, food price stability and international trade
Do food imports increase the variability of domestic food prices?The answer to this question depends on whether foreign production is more volatile than domestic production.If imports are likely to destabilize domestic prices, storing crops for future consumption may prove an appealing strategy to cope with the adverse supply effects of a more unstable climate.Unfortunately, public storage has proven to be unsustainable due to the high costs of c…
Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments
Zero-deforestation commitments are a type of voluntary sustainability initiative that companies adopt to signal their intention to reduce or eliminate deforestation associated with commodities that they produce, trade, and/or sell. Because each company defines its own zero-deforestation commitment goals and implementation mechanisms, commitment content varies widely. This creates challenges for the assessment of commitment implementation or effec…
Using spatially explicit data to improve our understanding of land supply responses
Land supply elasticities determine the rates of land conversion in global policy models. However, they are only available for few countries in the world. Therefore, analysts seeking to improve the spatial resolution of their models are forced to impose regionally homogeneous parameters over highly heterogeneous regions. This article estimates spatially explicit land supply elasticities using gridded data for the American continent. These estimate…
Consequences of agricultural total factor productivity growth for the sustainability of global farming
Most of the growth in agricultural output in the last thirty years comes from increases in the efficiency with which both land and non-land inputs are used. Recent work calls for a better understanding of whether this efficiency, known as total factor productivity (TFP), contributes to a more sustainable food system. Key to this understanding is the documented phenomenon that, instead of saving lands, the introduction of technologies that improve…
Foreign yield shocks and domestic price variability
International trade helps to smooth food price swings caused from seasonal imbalances between domestic supply and demand. Trade also increases the possibility of importing price volatility from abroad. This concern looms large in the face of increased crop yield variability associated with climate change. We assess the extent to which maize yield shocks in exporting countries exacerbate the intra-seasonal variability of maize prices in a cross se…
The incidence of foreign market tariffs on farmland rental rates
We estimate the impact of tariffs faced by US agricultural exports on farmland rents. The localized tariff is determined by the average of tariffs across trading partners for the crops produced within the county. We utilize shift-share designs to avoid endogeneity concerns that arise because factors affecting rents could also affect trade flows and cropping patterns. Using the county-level data from 2008 to 2017, we find that a one percentage poi…
Reduced benefits of climate-smart agricultural policies from land-use spillovers
Economics (9 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Agricultural economics (5 works) · Natural resource economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Land use (4 works) · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works)