Search Results - subject:"Phosphorus runoff"

Technical Efficiency, Environment Efficiency, Productivity and Beneficial Management Practices

Lota, Tamini D.; Bruno, Larue; West, Gale E. - Structure and Performance of Agriculture and … - 2011

An input distance function (IDF) is estimated to empirically evaluate and analyze the technical and environmental efficiencies of 210 farms located in the Chaudière watershed (Quebec), where water quality problems are particularly acute because of the production of undesirable outputs that are...

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Technical and Environmental efficiencies and Best Management Practices in Agriculture

Tamini, Lota D.; Larue, Bruno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

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Economic Analysis of Management Practices to Reduce Phosphorus Load to Lake Eucha and Spavinaw

Howry, Sierra S.; Stoecker, Arthur L.; Storm, Daniel E.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2008

Changes in management practices are often proposed to reduce phosphorus loading from a watershed due to over application of poultry litter. This study determines the choice, location, and level of each best management practice in the watershed to meet a Total Maximum Daily Load and margins of...

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Improving Environmental Quality in South Florida through Silvopasture: An Economic Approach

Stainback, G. Andrew; Alavalapati, Janaki R.R.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 36 (2004) 02

south Florida. Silvopasture can reduce phosphorus runoff from cattle ranching-a major environmental concern for Lake … effectiveness of phosphorus runoff taxes and carbon sequestration payments for inducting landowners to adopt silvopasture is … landowners to sequester carbon, alone or in conjunction with phosphorus runoff taxes, can make silvopasture financially …

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