Agricultural Risks in a Water-Short
World:
Producer Adaptation and Policy Directions
ERS Waugh Auditorium,
Washington, DC
Monday, May 24, 2004, 8:00 to 5:00
and
Tuesday, May 25, 2004, 8:00 to 12:30
This workshop provides a forum for interaction among
those concerned with the nature and extent of potential water-supply
restrictions, the farm-level response and resulting economic impacts
of water shortages, and the policy and institutional responses to
reduced water availability. It will bring together top academic
researchers, water policy experts, agency decision-makers, and stakeholders
to exchange information and perspectives on policy measures that
reallocate water resources while minimizing or compensating agricultural
income losses. Click here for the Workshop
Goals.
Monday, May 24
7:45 am — Open
Coffee & Continental Breakfast
8:30 am — Session I
Opening Comments — Utpal
Vasavada, ERS
Welcome to ERS — Kitty
Smith, Director, Resource Economics Division
Welcome to the Workshop —
Steve Halbrook, Farm
Foundation
Workshop Overview
— Marcel Aillery,
ERS
9:00 am — Session 2
Water Shortages and the Current Federal Role in Agricultural
Risk Mitigation
Moderator: Ron Marlow,
NRCS
Jason Peltier, Department
of Interior — Conflict Zones: Water 2025
Virginia Guzman, Risk Management Agency
— USDA Role of RMA in Risk Mitigation for Irrigated Agriculture
Steve Peterson, FSA — USDA
Disaster and Non-Insured Assistance Programs
Panel Discussion & Questions for Session
1 & 2
Break
11:00 am — Session 3-A
Costs of Limiting Water Supplies, Part I
Moderator: Donald Negri, Willamette
University
Rich Adams, Oregon State
— Klamath Basin Empirical Results
Ray Supalla, University of Nebraska
— North Platte Basin Empirical
Results
Included Lunch
12:45 pm — Session 3-B
Costs of Limiting Water Supplies, Part II
Moderator: Donna Lee, University
of Florida
Michael Moore, University of Michigan
& Donald Negri, Willamette University — Empirical
Results on Reclamation-Served Lands
Wolfram Schlenker, University of
California — A Hedonic Model
Approach for California
Panel Discussion & Questions for Sessions
3A and 3B
Afternoon Break
2:30 pm — Session 4
Water Markets as a Risk Mitigation Strategy for Irrigated Agriculture?
Moderator: Ari Michelson,
Texas A&M
Rodney Smith, Stratecon, Inc. —
Water Markets: Background and Current
Activity
Ron Cummings, Georgia State —The
Use of Auctions For Reducing Agricultural Water Use During Periods of
Drought
Tim Quinn, MWD — Supplying
Urban Needs with Water Markets
Steven Parrett, Oregon Water Trust
— Supplying Environmental
Needs with Water Markets in Oregon
Panel Discussion & Questions for Session
4
4:45 pm Adjourn to off-site location for a networking
opportunity
Tuesday, May 25
7:45 am — Open Coffee
8:15 am — Session 5
Institutions: Law, Water Systems, and Financial Markets
Moderator: Richard Morrison,
Phoenix, AZ
Ray Huffaker, Washington
State — Existing and New
Legal Paradigms for a Water-Short World
Richard Howitt, University of California
— Assessing Water-Supply Risk
from the Water Delivery System: A California Case Study in Reservoir Management
Chad Hart, Iowa State — Revenue
Insurance, Bonds, and Financial Instruments
9:50 am — Session 6
Stakeholder Concerns
Moderator: Betsy Cody, Congressional
Research Service
Tom Graff,
Environmental Defense — An Environmentalist
Perspective on Water Transfers
Dan Dooley, California —
A Water User’s Perspective on Water Transfers
Shaun McGrath, Western Gov. Assn.
— A Drought Early Warning
System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information
System
Panel Discussion & Questions
for Sessions 5 & 6
Short Break
11:40 am — Session 7
Future Federal Role in Risk Mitigation for Irrigated Agriculture
Moderator: Benjamin Simon,
Office of Policy Analysis, U.S. Department of the Interior
Joe Glauber,
USDA — An Institutional/Agency Perspective
Peter Berck, University of California—
Research Needs and Future Directions
Noel Gollehon, ERS — Workshop
Wrap-up
12:30 pm--Adjourn Workshop
Lunch (on your own) followed by Afternoon Meetings
with Project Cooperators
Register to attend workshop.
for more information, contact:
Noel Gollehon
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