Agricultural Policy affects land use and the environment
Economic forces and policy changes encourage producers to shift less
productive, or "marginal," cropland in and out of production. Because
marginal lands are also environmentally sensitive along several dimensions,
cropland shifts have environmental, as well as economic, effects. Thus,
agricultural and conservation programs that affect land use likely have more
profound effects on erosion and some other environmental factors than on
production.
Released Friday, September 1, 2006
Contact information | n/a |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/September06/Features/AgPolicy.htm |
Source of information | ERS |
Keyword(s) | land use and the environment, Agricultural Policy |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE |
Geographical coverage | USA |
News date | 01/09/2006 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
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