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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Farmers as Producers of Clean Water: Getting Incentive Payments Right and Encouraging Farmer Participation
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| Autores: |
Collins, Alan R.
Maille, Peter
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| Data: |
2008-05-06
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Field experiment
Team approach
Agricultural non-point pollution
Performance-based incentives
Environmental Economics and Policy
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
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| Resumo: |
This research involved a field experiment using watershed payments as an incentive for farmers to address agricultural non-point pollution (ANP). Objectives were to: (1) describe how payments were estimated for a field experiment; (2) explain why a team approach is needed for ANP; (3) discuss the essential elements used for recruitment of farmers into a field experiment setting; and (4) address whether or not farmers were motivated to participate and pursue ANP abatement. One year into the experiment, the results are encouraging. About one-half of farmers who attended meetings are participating. They own or operate approximately 41% of the agricultural land in the watershed. Farmer actions to date have included determining an allocation formula for the payment, requesting watershed wide sampling, and cost sharing of ANP abatement.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
29967
http://purl.umn.edu/6342
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| Relação: |
American Agricultural Economics Association>2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida
Selected Paper
459624
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| Formato: |
30
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