Definitional Consistency for Conservation Provisions of the 1985 Food Security Act

Michael R. Dicks

No 277929, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of the 1985 Food Security Act is designed to retire "highly erodible" cropland from production. The CRP has multiple objectives, including reduced onsite and offsite environmental damages, supply control, and farm income maintenance. Another major conservation measure in the Act, the Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HEL) Subtitle, is designed to prevent farmers from receiving commodity program benefits if conservation plans are not implemented on their "highly erodible" lands. The definition(s) of "highly erodible" used for the CRP and HEL measures may be consistent with their objectives but inconsistent between measures. Or the definitions may be consistent between programs but inconsistent with program objectives. This paper presents an indepth discussion of using popular definitions of highly erodible and the impact on the consistency between programs and between programs and objectives.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 1987-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277929

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