AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE POLICIES FOR CONTROLLING AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION1 |
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| Authors: | Randall A. Kramer William T. McSweeny Waldon R. Kerns Robert W. Stavros |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Kramer, Kerns, and Stavros, respectively, Assistant Professor and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, and Former Research Assistant in Environmental Sciences and Engineering;2. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061.;3. McSweeny, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802. |
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| Abstract: | An economic analysis of nonpoint source pollution management was conducted for the Nansemond River and Chuckatuck Creek watersheds in Southeast Virginia. The potential effects of alternative public policies on farm income, land use, and pollution loadings were investigated. Regulatory programs could have quite different impacts depending on which pollutant is targeted. Cost-share rates greater than 50 percent would have little additional effect on pollution from crop enterprises, but would reduce pollution from livestock |
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| Keywords: | agricultural nonpoint source pollution soil loss taxes cost-sharing regulations best management practices |
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