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An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay
Ribaudo, Marc; Savage, Jeffrey; Aillery, Marcel P. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014
nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment necessary to reverse declines in the Bay’s quality and associated biological resources …. Agriculture is the largest single source of nutrients and sediment in the watershed. We use data on crop and animal agriculture in … sediment reduction goals of the TMDL, ranging from voluntary financial incentives to regulations. The cost of achieving water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098008
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Water-resource and land-use issues
Calder, Ian R. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
This paper reviews perceived notions of the relationships between catchment land use and hydrology and explores whether much of the widely disseminated folklore, so often inextricably linked with issues of land use, is based on myth or reality. Gaps in our knowledge of the underlying processes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326100
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Manure Application Rules and Environmental Considerations
Massey, Raymond E.; Gedikoglu, Haluk - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
Annual P Limit also increased the probability of a runoff event following manure application, relative to the other two … unintended consequence of increasing runoff. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922643