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Effects of Soil and Agricultural Chemicals Management on Farm Returns and Ground Water Quality
Author(s) -
Setia Parveen,
Piper Steven
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.2307/1349608
Subject(s) - agriculture , environmental science , quality (philosophy) , agricultural economics , business , groundwater , water quality , water resource management , natural resource economics , agroforestry , economics , geography , engineering , ecology , archaeology , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , biology
Economie and physical simulation models were utilized to evaluate the effect of alternative soil and agricultural chemical management systems, implemented under the Conservation Reserve and Conservation Compliance Programs, on pesticides' leaching, and returns to fixed farm resources. Findings of the study show that the selection of appropriate soil and chemical systems may not only increase farm returns but may also result in a significant reduction in leaching and hence ground water degradation.