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Tradeoffs Between Water Quality and the Economic Impacts of Low-Input Agriculture in the Coastal Plain of Virginia

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  • Diebel, Penelope L.
  • Taylor, Daniel B.
  • Batie, Sandra S.
  • Heatwole, Conrad D.

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Agricultural activities have been identified as major contributors to the non-point pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. Low-input agricultural practices are being considered to reduce pollution in areas adjoining the Chesapeake Bay. A multiperiod mathematical programming model was used to examine the potential adoption of low-input practices and to assess the environmental consequences of these activities under different policies. The results of these analyses indicate that tradeoffs exist among the types of non-point pollution produced under each policy. Only policies that retired productive agricultural land reduced all pollutant types.

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  • Diebel, Penelope L. & Taylor, Daniel B. & Batie, Sandra S. & Heatwole, Conrad D., 1992. "Tradeoffs Between Water Quality and the Economic Impacts of Low-Input Agriculture in the Coastal Plain of Virginia," Staff Papers 118176, Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ksaesp:118176
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.118176
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