The Conservation Reserve Program: An Economic Assessment

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英文名称：

The Conservation Reserve Program: An Economic Assessment

作者：

Edwin Young; C. Tim Osborn

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=40586

关键词：

Conservation;  soil erosion;  water quality;  Food Security Act of 1985;  Conservation Reserve Program;  CRP; 

年份：

1990

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

40 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) will boost net farm income and improve environmental quality over the life of the program (1986-99). These gains will come at the cost of somewhat higher food prices and Government administrative expenses, and potential downturns in farm input industries and other local economic activity tied to farming where enrollment is heavy. The authors estimated the net economic benefits of the program to range between $3.4 billion and $11.0 billion in present value, based on the effects covered in this report. Any estimate of the net Government expense of the CRP is highly dependent upon projected commodity market conditions and assumed levels of the acreage reduction program in the absence of the CRP. Prior to the 1988 drought, the authors estimated a small net Government expense. A more recent estimate made after the 1988 drought and with higher assumed acreage reduction levels in the absence of the CRP resulted in a significantly higher net Government expense.