Multiple Environmental Effects
376. Agri-Environmental Policy at the
Crossroads: Guideposts on a Changing
Landscape.
Claassen, R.; Hansen, L.; Peters, M.; Breneman, V.;
Weingerg, M.; Catteneo, A.; Feather, P.; Gadsby, D.;
Hellerstein, D.; Hopkins, J.; Johnston, P.; Morehart,
M.; and Smith, M. USDA, FSA; Agricultural Economic
Report No. 794, 2001.
Descriptors: environmental benefits/ conservation
programs/ evaluation
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer794/aer794.
pdf
Abstract: Discussed development and
implementation of a farmer payment system based
on a comprehensive measurement of environmental
benefits and tradeoffs from agricultural practices
endorsed under numerous USDA conservation
programs.
377. Agricultural Conservation: State Advisory
Committees' Views on How USDA Programs
Could Better Address Environmental Concerns.
Washington, DC: General Accounting Office; GAO-
02-295, 2002. 86 p.
Notes: PB-2002104592XSP; Report to the Congress.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02295.pdf
Descriptors: Program participation/ Surveys/
Payments/ Funding/ Benefits/ Congressional reports/
Conservation programs/ Agricultural conservation/
Environmental concerns/ State technical committees/
State advisory committees/ United States Department
of Agriculture/ Agriculture and food/ Environmental
pollution and control
Abstract: The future of USDA conservation programs
has been the subject of extensive debate within the
environmental and agricultural communities and in
the Congress. This debate has centered on
increasing the environmental and natural resource
benefits resulting from the programs by allocating
more funding to them, modifying them, or creating
new programs. Pursuant to this debate, the omnibus
farm bill is expected to become law in 2002. In this
context, you asked us to obtain the views of members
of state technical committees on (1) the effectiveness
of USDA's conservation efforts in addressing
environmental concerns related to agriculture and (2)
any program