Wednesday April 1st – AES Confer

Wednesday April 1^st – AES Conference Day 2 (AM)

9.00		Contributed Session 4
Climate Change	Lee	Prospects For Climate-Friendly Peatland Management - Results Of A Socio-Economic Case Study In Germany	Lena Schaller & Jochen Kantelhardt
		The Non-Permanence Of Optimal Soil Carbon Sequestration	Werner Hediger
		New Responsibilities Of Agriculture: Structural Differences In Stakeholder Networks & Intentions Towards Climate Change Abatement Strategies In Peatland	Rico Hübner & Jochen Kantelhardt
Food	Nore	Food Production, Distribution & Culture: Public Views, Interests & Concerns.	Beata Kupiec-Teahan, Philip Leat, Cesar Revoredo-Giha
		Consumers Attitudes Toward Labelling Of Ethical Products: The Case Of Organic & Fair Trade Products	Azzurra Annunziata, Sara Ianuario, Paola Pascale
Rural Development	Bandon
		Prospective Structural Analysis: An Application To Rural Development Strategies	Ambrosio Albalá, M., Martín Lozano, J.M., Pérez Hernández, P.P.
		Regional Development Options On A Local Scale Beyond 2013 – The Case Of Caithness And Sutherland (UK)	Holger Bergmann & Kenneth J. Thomson
Policy	Liffey1	Agricultural Policy In The US and The EU: Going Their Separate Ways?	Julian C.R. Binfield, William H. Meyers, Wyatt Thompson & Patrick Westhoff
		An Analysis Of The Effect Of CAP Reform On The Irish Agriculture Sector	Peter Howley, Trevor Donnellan & Kevin Hanrahan
		Public Health Impact Of A Fat Tax Policy In England & Wales	Matthieu Arnoult, Richard Tiffin & Bruce Traill
10.15		Tea/Coffee Break (Atrium)
10.45	Liffey	Presidential Address
		Professor Alan Swinbank EU Policies on Bioenergy, and their Potential Clash with the WTO
11.45		Contributed Paper Session 5
Climate Change	Liffey1	Marginal Abatement Cost Curves For UK Agriculture, Forestry, Land-Use & Land-Use Change Sector Out To 2022	Dominic Moran, Michael Macleod, Eileen Wall, Vera Eory, Alistair Mcvittie, Andrew Barnes, Bob Rees, Pete Smith, Andrew Moxey
		Estimating The Marginal Costs Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Abatement Using Irish Farm-Level Data	James Breen, Trevor Donnellan
		Impact Of Greenhouse Gas Abatement Targets On Agricultural Activity	Trevor Donnellan, Kevin Hanrahan & Patrick Gillespie
Sustainable Agriculture	Bandon	Return To The Hills: Labour Management For Profit & Welfare In Extensive Sheep Farming	Kirwan, Susanne, Thomson, K.J., Edwards, I.E. & Stott, A.W.
		What LFA beef & sheep farmers should do and why they should do it.	Duncan Anderson & Paul Keatley
		Multiple Goals In Farmers’ Decision Making: The Case Of Sheep Farming In Western Greece	Sintori A., Rozakis S. And Tsiboukas K.
Trade	Lee	Communication Costs & Agro-Food Trade In OECD Countries	Štefan Bojnec & Imre Fertő
		WTO Doha Round: Impact Of An Agreement On Agriculture & The Importance Of Sensitive Product Status	Binfield, J.C.R, Trevor Donnellan, Kevin Hanrahan, Pat Westhoff
		Agriculture Versus Fish – Norway In WTO	Ivar Gaasland

Wednesday April 1^st – AES Conference Day 2 (PM)

13.00		Lunch (IMI Restaurant)
		Poster Session (Atrium)
		2^nd Executive Meeting (IMI Restaurant)
14.00		Contributed Paper Session 6
Food	Lee	Cereal Prices, Bread Consumption & Health In Scotland	Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Chrysa Lamprinopoulou, Luiza Toma, Beata Kupiec-Teahan, Philip Leat And Luca Cacciolatti
		Partial Analysis Of The Fruit & Vegetable Sector In Austria	Josef Hambrusch & Erika Quendler
Supply Chains	Nore	Business Opportunities In Local Food Supply Chains: An Investigation In Australia & England	David Pearson & Alison Bailey
		The policy and trade challenges of managing price risk in the EU dairy industry.	Declan O’Connor, Michael Keane and Edel Barnes
Land Use	Liffey1	Forested Farmland and Biofuel Production: Combining Spatial and Economic Data to Estimate the Impact of Land Use-Values on Forestation Rates	Erin Minihan
		Measuring the Impact of Policy on Farm Afforestation Rates: an Irish case study	James Breen, Trevor Donnellan, Kevin Hanrahan & Mary Ryan
		The Environmental Impacts Of High Crop Prices: An Econometric Analysis [link removed at authors's request]	Basak Bayramuglu & Raja Chakir
Agricultural Efficiency	Bandon	A Nonparametric Kernel Representation Of The Production Function	Grigorios Livanis, Matthew J. Salois, Charles B. Moss
		Determinants of the Fallowing Decision in Kosovo	Johannes Sauer, Sophia Davidova, L. Latruffe
15.15		Tea /Coffee Break (Atrium)
15.45		Contributed Paper Session 7
Sustainable Agriculture	Lee	How Can Marketing Theory Be Applied To Policy Design To Deliver On Sustainable Agriculture In England & New Zealand?	S. A. Barns, B. E.Willoughby, G. Kaine, R. Lourey & H. Murdoch
		Modelling The Entry To & Exit From The Organic Farming Sector	Doris Laepple, Trevor Donnellan, Tom Vanrensburg
		Attempting The Impossible? Towards Measurement Of Irish Farm Sustainability	J. Dillon, T. Hennessy, S. Hynes.
Land Use and Ag Prices	Nore	Provision Of Environmental Output Within A Multi-Output Distance Function Approach	Francisco J. Areal, Richard Ti, N & Kelvin Balcombe
		Modelling The Mitigation Mix: Faecal Indicator Organism & Economic Sustainable Land Management	Allan Butler, Mike Winter, Rob Fish, Dave Chadwick, Chris Hodgson, Louise Heathwaite, David Oliver
		Agricultural Commodity Prices & Unit Root Tests	Atanu Ghoshray
Rural Economy	Liffey1	Schumpeterian Innovation In The Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy: A Look At The Irish Farming Sector	Kevin P. Heanue
		Impact Of The EU Farmer Retirement Scheme On Fatal Farm Incident Levels In The Republic Of Ireland 1994 – 2006	David Meredith & John McNamara
		Economic Returns To Education For Farm Households	Michael T Wallace & C G Jack
17. 00		End of AES Conference

Tea/Coffee Break (Atrium)