THE REGIONAL EFFECTS OF WATERLOGGING AND SOIL SALINIZATION ON A RURAL COUNTY IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN OF COLORADO

Eric E. Houk, W. Marshall Frasier and Eric C. Schuck

No 36229, 2004 Annual Meeting, June 30-July 2, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii from Western Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Rural counties along the Arkansas River of Colorado are being negatively affected as a result of irrigation induced waterlogging and soil salinization. Mathematical programming is first used to estimate the direct costs of these effects on agricultural production, then input-output analysis is used to estimate the indirect and induced impacts that are occurring. The average direct loss to agricultural production in Otero County Colorado was estimated to be approximately $68/acre. When the indirect and induced impacts are included, the total costs associated with waterlogging and soil salinization are estimated to increase by approximately 20% within this county.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.36229

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