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001 2006475985
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010 $a 2006475985
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050 00 $aTD195.A34$bE57 2006
082 00 $a631.4/7$222
245 00 $aEnvironmental effects of agricultural land-use change :$bthe role of economics and policy /$cRuben N. Lubowski ... [et al.].
260 $a[Washington, D.C.] :$bU.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service,$c[2006]
300 $avi, 75 p. :$bcol. ill., col. maps ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aEconomic research report ;$vno. 25
500 $aCover title.
530 $aAlso available on the World Wide Web.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 54-60).
520 3 $aThis report examines evidence on the relationship between agricultural land-use changes, soil productivity, and indicators of environmental sensitivity. If cropland that shifts in and out of production is less productive and more environmentally sensitive than other cropland, policy-induced changes in land use could have production effects that are smaller -- and environmental impacts that are greater -- than anticipated. To illustrate this possibility, this report examines environmental outcomes stemming from land use conversion caused by two agricultural programs that others have identified as potentially having important influences on land use and environmental quality: Federal crop insurance subsidies and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Nation's largest cropland retirement program. The report finds that lands moving between cultivated cropland and less intensive agricultural uses are, on average, less productive and more vulnerable to erosion than other cultivated lands, both nationally and locally. These lands are also associated with greater potential nutrient runoff and leaching compared with cultivated cropland nationally. Crop insurance subsidies and CRP have estimated effects on erosion and other environmental factors that are disproportionate to the acreage and production effects, but specific environmental impacts vary with the features of each program.
650 0 $aLand use, Rural$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAgriculture and state$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAgricultural subsidies$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAgricultural pollution$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSoil erosion$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSoils$xQuality$zUnited States.
700 1 $aLubowski, Ruben N.$q(Ruben Noah)
710 1 $aUnited States.$bDepartment of Agriculture.$bEconomic Research Service.
830 0 $aEconomic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ;$vno. 25.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/2006475985.html
856 41 $uhttp://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err25/err25.pdf$zConnect to this title online