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Soil Erosion: What Effect on Agricultural Productivity?

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  • Alt, Klaus
  • Osborn, C. Tim
  • Colacicco, Daniel

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Soil erosion decreases agricultural soil productivity by lowering crop yields and increasing the need for fertilizer and lime. Another 100 years of erosion at 1982 levels would lower the productivity of the Nation's crop and fiber sector by 3.6 percent. This figure is an average: many soils will be little affected, a few will lose much of their productivity. Such variation in soil productivity suggests that erosion prevention funds be targeted to those acres most vulnerable. However, such targeting should also consider the mounting costs to society from offsite pollution caused by agricultural soil erosion.

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  • Alt, Klaus & Osborn, C. Tim & Colacicco, Daniel, 1989. "Soil Erosion: What Effect on Agricultural Productivity?," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309483, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309483
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309483
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    1. Hyberg, Bengt & Pascoe, Sean, 1991. "Agriculture And Environmental Policy: Recent United States And Australian Developments," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 20(1), pages 1-10, April.
    2. Hrubovcak, James & Vasavada, Utpal & Aldy, Joseph E., 1999. "Green Technologies for a More Sustainable Agriculture," Agricultural Information Bulletins 33721, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Rosegrant, Mark W. & Ringler, Claudia & Gerpacio, Roberta V., 1997. "Water and Land Resources and Global Food Supply," 1997 Conference, August 10-16, 1997, Sacramento, California 197039, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    4. Hrubovcak, James & LeBlanc, Michael & Eakin, B. Kelly, 1995. "Accounting for the Environment in Agriculture," Technical Bulletins 156782, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    5. Aldy, Joseph E. & Hrubovcak, James & Vasavada, Utpal, 1998. "The role of technology in sustaining agriculture and the environment," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 26(1), pages 81-96, July.
    6. Yan, Hongqiang & Rejesus, Roderick M. & Chen, Le & Aglasan, Serkan, 2024. "The Impact of Soil Erosion on Mean Yields and Yield Risk," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343580, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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