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Agriculture and Ecosystem Restoration in South Florida: Assessing Trade‐Offs from Water‐Retention Development in the Everglades Agricultural Area
Author(s) -
Aillery Marcel,
Shoemaker Robbin,
Caswell Margriet
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/0002-9092.00146
Subject(s) - agriculture , environmental science , agricultural productivity , profitability index , agricultural land , business , ecosystem , ecosystem services , environmental impact of agriculture , water quality , production (economics) , geography , economics , ecology , macroeconomics , archaeology , finance , biology
Abstract Agricultural production decisions can affect ecosystem function and environmental quality. Environmental restoration policies can, in turn, affect the profitability of the agricultural sector. A dynamic model of agricultural production, soil loss, and water retention in the Everglades Agricultural Area is developed to assess agricultural impacts under alternative water policy and land acquisition scenarios.

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