The Benefits and Costs of Reducing Excess Nutrients from Agriculture

Marc Ribaudo

No 369013, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: • Managing nutrients to improve water quality is likely to impose costs on producers • Nature of costs depends on the nutrient sources being managed (commercial fertilizer vs manure) and the requirements that are being imposed • Improving water quality is a source of economic benefits to water users • Estimating environmental benefits is generally more difficult than estimating costs of abatement

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2015-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.369013

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