Flexible Conservation Measures on Working Land
by Andrea Cattaneo,
Roger Claassen, Robert Johansson, and
Marca Weinberg
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-5) 79 pp, June 2005
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The 2002 Farm Bill sharply increased conservation funding and earmarked most of the increase for working-land payment programs (WLPPs). The design and implementation of WLPPs will largely determine the extent to which environmental goals are achieved and whether they are achieved cost effectively. This report simulates potential environmental gains as well as adjustments in agricultural production, price, and income associated with various WLPP features to illustrate tradeoffs arising from WLPP design and implementation.
Keywords: USMP, environmental simulations, cost-effectiveness, environmental objectives, equity, farm income effects, environmental quality incentives program, EQIP, conservation security program, CSP, environmental benefits index, EBI
In this publication...
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Report summary, Pdf file 107 kb
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, Pdf file 79 kb
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Chapter 1: Setting the Stage, Pdf file 90 kb
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Chapter 2: Designing Voluntary Incentive Payments for Working Land Conservation, Pdf file 242 kb
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Chapter 3: Economic and Environmental Impacts of WLPPs, Pdf file 242 kb
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Chapter 4: WLPPs in a Broader Policy and Economic Context, Pdf file 55 kb
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References, Pdf file 46 kb
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Appendix: Participation Incentives and Screening: A Graphical Analysis, Pdf file 127 kb
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Web Appendix A: Simulating Working-Land Payment Programs, Pdf file 62 kb
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Web Appendix B: Aggregate Environmental Indices, Pdf file 87 kb
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Web Appendix C: Conservation Benefits, Installation Costs, and Land Rental Rates, Pdf file 52 kb
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Entire report, Pdf file 913 kb
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