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- Title
Conservation, the Farm Bill, and U.S. Agri-Environmental Policy.
- Authors
Lichtenberg, Erik
- Abstract
The article discusses paid diversion of erodible farmland into conservation uses in the U.S. Topics discussed include shifts in conservation spending on working farmland and away from diversion of land to non-crop uses, the types of effects of subsidy incentives for reductions in environmental damage, and a graph showing relationship between Conservation Reserve Program enrollment and Environmental Benefits Index by state.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CONSERVATION of natural resources; FARMS; AGRICULTURAL subsidies; ENVIRONMENTAL degradation; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; CONSERVATION Reserve Program (U.S.)
- Publication
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0886-5558
- Publication type
Article