dc.contributor.advisor | Hussen, Ahmed | |
dc.contributor.author | Michniak, Caroline | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-03T15:27:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-03T15:27:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10920/28976 | |
dc.description | iv, 31 p. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The 2012 Farm Bill, titled Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 has
created controversy about the necessities of American Agricultural Policy.
Budget cuts have placed Conservation Programs at risk for major budget
cuts, risking the security of environmental quality nation-wide. Conservation
Programs in Agriculture are crucial in eliminating economic externalities
present throughout farming systems. Conservation Programs mitigate social
costs unaccounted for in uncontrolled production and in their elimination
would increase the clean-up costs incurred by the federal government.
This report will access the impacts of Conservation Programs, both
working lands programs and land retirement programs, to show the benefits
offered to society in their existence. The relationship between economic
efficiency and conservation is crucial to the future of creating sustainable
economies and food systems. This report aims to turn the conversation to the
important correlation between long term agricultural sustainability and
conservation programs. | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Kalamazoo College Economics and Business Senior Individualized Projects Collection | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Senior Individualized Projects. Economics and Business.; | |
dc.rights | U.S. copyright laws protect this material. Commercial use or distribution of this material is not permitted without prior written permission of the copyright holder. | |
dc.title | Reaching Economic Efficiency: Conservation Programs at Risk without Passage of the 2012 Farm Bill | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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