Overview
This report examines evidence on the relationship between agricultural land-use changes, soil productivity, and indicators of environmental sensitivity. If cropland that shifts in and out of production is less productive and more environmentally sensitive than other cropland, policy-induced changes in land use could have production effects that are smaller-and environmental impacts that are greater-than anticipated. To illustrate this possibility, this report examines environmental outcomes stemming from land-use conversion caused by two agricultural programs that others have identified as potentially having important influences on land use and environmental quality: Federal crop insurance subsidies and the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Nation's largest cropland retirement program.
- | Author: Departm Economic Research Service (Ers)
- | Publisher: Bibliogov
- | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 86 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1249368073
- | ISBN-13: 9781249368076
