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Use of Public Perceptions of Groundwater Quality Benefits in Developing Livestock Management Options
Author(s) -
Kooten G. Cornelis,
Athwal Rita,
Arthur Louise M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1998.tb00085.x
Subject(s) - livestock , manure , business , manure management , water quality , damages , revenue , compost , government (linguistics) , agricultural science , agriculture , quality (philosophy) , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , environmental science , water resource management , environmental planning , waste management , economics , geography , engineering , finance , agronomy , forestry , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , political science , law , biology
In this study, a dichotomous choice model is used to determine the compensating welfare measure for water quality improvements stemming from livestock waste management in the Abbotsford region of southwestern British Columbia. The benefits of improving water quality are compared with the net costs of composting manure on a large scale, the option for handling livestock wastes preferred by the provincial government. The results indicate that the costs of composting manure exceed the revenue from selling manure (compost) plus the off‐site damages avoided.