The Efect of Conservation Payments on Farmer Adoption Varies Across Conservation Practices

Roger Claassen and David Smith

Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, 2018, vol. May 2018, issue 04

Abstract: USDA conservation programs provide technical assistance to help farmers conserve resources and improve environmental quality. Conservation practices supported by payments deliver “additional” conservation or environmental improvement if the practice would not have been adopted without the payment. The extent of additionality varies widely across conservation practices.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302604

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