Cost Effectiveness and Equity Aspects of Soil Conservation Programs in a Highly Erodible Region

Douglas L. Young, Paul L. Kanjo and David J. Walker

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, vol. 73, issue 4, 1053-1062

Abstract: The Conservation Reserve (CRP) and Conservation Compliance Programs could divide the soil conservation burden between farmers and taxpayers. In a highly erodible southeastern Washington region, however, a uniform region-wide CRP bid cap and relaxed compliance requirements resulted in little or no projected burden for farmers in arid, less productive subregions. In contrast, farmers in a more productive subregion were projected to bear 50% or more of the costs of soil conservation. The projected government cost per ton of soil conserved also increased threefold from the most to the least productive subregion.

Date: 1991
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