Title: Cropland Diversion for Conservation and Environmental Improvement: An Economic Welfare Analysis
Abstract: With the mounting agricultural surpluses and prospects for technological breakthroughs, the search for methods to control production is understandable. The concept of long-term cropland retirement resurfaced with vigor during the 1985 farm bill deliberations. Eventually a 45 million acre Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was authorized. Unlike an earlier long-term land diversion effort known as the Soil Bank (SB), the CRP incorporates soil conservation and environmental goals in addition to supply control. Several factors were instrumental in win-
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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