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View article: Reflections on 40 Years of Applied Economics Research on Agriculture and Water Quality
Reflections on 40 Years of Applied Economics Research on Agriculture and Water Quality Open
Reducing agricultural nonpoint pollution has been an environmental policy issue since the early 1980s. We discuss the evolution and results of federal and state policy, the contributions of applied economic research to improving the effect…
View article: Reducing Nutrient Losses From Cropland in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin: Cost Efficiency and Regional Distribution
Reducing Nutrient Losses From Cropland in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin: Cost Efficiency and Regional Distribution Open
Every summer, a large area forms in the northern Gulf of Mexico where dissolved oxygen becomes too low for many aquatic species to survive. This “hypoxic zone” is fueled by nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) runoff from the Mississippi/Atc…
View article: Cost-Effective Strategies for Reducing Cropland Nutrient Deliveries to the Gulf of Mexico
Cost-Effective Strategies for Reducing Cropland Nutrient Deliveries to the Gulf of Mexico Open
Every summer, a hypoxic zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico, where dissolved oxygen is too low for many aquatic species to survive. This zone is fueled in part by nitrogen and phosphorus flowing from cropland in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya Ri…
View article: Policy Utopias for Nutrient Credit Trading Programs with Nonpoint Sources
Policy Utopias for Nutrient Credit Trading Programs with Nonpoint Sources Open
A promising program to address water contamination from nutrients is water quality trading ( WQT ), whereby entities with high abatement costs purchase credits from entities with lower abatement costs. The concept has found some success wi…
View article: Minimizing costs of reducing agricultural nitrogen loadings: choosing between on- and off-field conservation practices
Minimizing costs of reducing agricultural nitrogen loadings: choosing between on- and off-field conservation practices Open
View article: Ecosystem Service Benefits Generated by Improved Water Quality from Conservation Practices
Ecosystem Service Benefits Generated by Improved Water Quality from Conservation Practices Open
Chapter 2 of "The Valuation of Ecosystem Services from Farms and Forests: Informing a systematic approach to quantifying benefits of conservation programs"
View article: Conservation Programs Can Accomplish More with Less by Improving Cost-Effectiveness
Conservation Programs Can Accomplish More with Less by Improving Cost-Effectiveness Open
Cost-effective conservation programs provide the most environmental benefit for a given budget. Designing cost-effective programs that rely on voluntary participation can be challenging. A number of design features could improve the econom…
View article: Earth Sciences and Resources Institute (University of South Carolina) and the South Carolina National Resource Conservation Service. <i>Soil Stories—The Whole Story</i> [video]. July 13, 2011. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ego6LI‐IjbY
Earth Sciences and Resources Institute (University of South Carolina) and the South Carolina National Resource Conservation Service. <i>Soil Stories—The Whole Story</i> [video]. July 13, 2011. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ego6LI‐IjbY Open
View article: Cost-Effective Conservation Programs for Sustaining Environmental Quality
Cost-Effective Conservation Programs for Sustaining Environmental Quality Open
View article: Targeting wetland restoration to cost-effectively reduce nitrogen loadings in the Gulf of Mexico
Targeting wetland restoration to cost-effectively reduce nitrogen loadings in the Gulf of Mexico Open
An estimated 50 percent of the nitrogen reaching the Gulf of Mexico is a byproduct of field crop production. Nitrogen entering the Gulf via the Mississippi River generates large algae blooms. At night, the algae absorb oxygen leaving oxyge…
View article: Reducing the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the Costs to Agriculture
Reducing the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico: Assessing the Costs to Agriculture Open
Reducing the size of the hypoxic zone (Dead Zone) in the northern Gulf of Mexico will require a significant reduction in nutrient loads from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB). This research uses an agriculture sector model and…
View article: The Potential Role for Nitrogen Compliance in Mitigating Gulf Hypoxia
The Potential Role for Nitrogen Compliance in Mitigating Gulf Hypoxia Open
View article: Targeting Investments To Cost Effectively Restore and Protect Wetland Ecosystems: Some Economic Insights
Targeting Investments To Cost Effectively Restore and Protect Wetland Ecosystems: Some Economic Insights Open
USDA has spent more than $4.2 billion on wetland restoration and protection over the last two decades. One challenge in allocating these funds is the lack of information on variations in wetland benefits and costs across the Nation. This r…
View article: The Limits of Voluntary Conservation Programs
The Limits of Voluntary Conservation Programs Open
Agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) is pollution that reaches receiving waters through diffuse and complex pathways. It has long been recognized as an important contributor to U.S. water quality impairments and the subject of an array of lo…