ASSESSING THE TRADEOFFS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, FARM INCOME AND RESOURCE USE
OBJECTIVES: Investigators will assess the effects of environmental constraints on farm income and the use of selected farm inputs. Specifically, the project will estimate optimal farm practices and crop rotations in the absence of environmental regulations; estimate the effects of imposing various levels of environmental regulations on farms of selected sizes with particular emphasis on small farms; estimate the effect of environmental regulation on risk adjusted farm plans; and compare the farm-level impacts of environmental regulation for small and large farms.
APPROACH: Crop budgets will be used to develop scale-specific optimal farm plans by use oflinear programming models. The farm-level models will be constrained by use of environmental variables such as allowable soil loss, nitrogen and pesticide runoff. Optimal farm plans will be compared for the environmentally-constrained and unconstrained models. Variability or risk associated with crop yields will be incorporated by use of MOTAD.
PROGRESS: 1996/10 TO 1999/09
This project was not funded for research and has been removed from the plan of work for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. OBJECTIVES: Investigators will assess the effects of environmental constraints on farm income and the use of selected farm inputs. Specifically, the project will estimate optimal farm practices and crop rotations in the absence of environmental regulations; estimate the effects of imposing various levels of environmental regulations on farms of selected sizes with particular emphasis on small farms; estimate the effect of environmental regulation on risk adjusted farm plans; and compare the farm-level impacts of environmental regulation for small and large farms. APPROACH: Crop budgets will be used to develop scale-specific optimal farm plans by use oflinear programming models. The farm-level models will be constrained by use of environmental variables such as allowable soil loss, nitrogen and pesticide runoff. Optimal farm plans will be compared for the environmentally-constrained and unconstrained models. Variability or risk associated with crop yields will be incorporated by use of MOTAD.
PUBLICATIONS: 1996/10 TO 1999/09
No publications reported this period
PROJ NO: NCX-148-5-97-531-1 AGENCY: CSRS NC.X
PROJ TYPE: EVANS-ALLEN PROJ. STATUS: TERMINATED
START: 01 OCT 1996 TERM: 30 SEP 1999 FY: 1997INVESTIGATOR: Ejimakor, G. C.
PERFORMING INSTITUTION:
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIV
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27411