A Sector Analysis of Alternative Income Support and Soil Conservation Policies

W. G. Boggess and E. O. Heady

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1981, vol. 63, issue 4, 618-628

Abstract: For nearly five decades Congress has attempted to legislate both higher farm incomes and soil conservation. A national, interregional, demand-endogenous, separable programming model is used to analyze the potential of alternative policies to achieve simultaneously the dual goals of increased farm income and reduced soil erosion. The analysis indicates that a conservation-oriented land retirement policy can be designed to achieve an increase in net farm income equivalent to a traditional general land retirement policy, while simultaneously achieving significant reductions in gross soil erosion, chemical input use, and direct government program costs.

Date: 1981
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