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Environmental And Economic Impacts Of Agricultural Policy Reform: An Interregional Comparison

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  • Painter, Kathleen M.
  • Young, Douglas L.

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Mathematical programming results revealed that moving toward more flexible agricultural policies would generate substantial economic and environmental gains in a North Carolina diversified cropping region. But in a Washington-Idaho dryland grains region, only the use of relatively new and sometimes problematic alternative cropping systems permitted environmental and economic gains under policy reform. In both regions, a recoupling policy, which links government payments to resource-conserving farming practices, was needed to protect environmental quality when market prices for program crops were high.

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  • Painter, Kathleen M. & Young, Douglas L., 1994. "Environmental And Economic Impacts Of Agricultural Policy Reform: An Interregional Comparison," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:joaaec:15173
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15173
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