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AmberWaves
July 2006 Special Issue > Features
POLICY OPTIONS
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Emphasis
Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy
by Roger Claassen |
To
address the negative impacts and enhance the
positive outcomes that some farming practices
can have on natural resources, policymakers
have both increased conservation program funding
and shifted its emphasis.
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POLICY OUTCOMES
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Measuring
the Success of Conservation Programs
by
Katherine Smith and
Marca Weinberg |
Though
farmers may be induced by conservation program
payments to change their farming practices,
it is difficult to link their actions to outcomes,
because they take place within a larger set
of complex interactions. |
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Farmland
Retirement's Impact on Rural Growth
by
Patrick Sullivan, Daniel Hellerstein, David
McGranahan, and Stephen Vogel |
Local
economies with high levels of enrollment in
land retirement programs lose farm-related
jobs in the short-term, but, over time, add
jobs as they adjust to new business opportunities.
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EMERGING ISSUES
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Environmental
Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
by
Marc Ribaudo, Robert Johansson, and Carol Jones |
Environmental
credit trading is a market-based approach
to complying with environmental regulations
that could achieve pollution abatement goals
at lower costs to society.
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