Noel Uri

Conservation Tillage in U.S. Agriculture

Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book identifies and quantifies the economic and environmental benefits and costs associated with the use of conservation tillage and the benefits and costs that would accrue to farmers and to the general public.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 164mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781560228844
• ISBN-10: 1560228849
• Artikelnr.: 21440572

Autorenporträt

Noel Uri

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Foreword
* Preface
* Chapter 1. Introduction
* Conservation Tillage in Historical Context
* Chapter 2. Current Status of Conservation Tillage
* Definition of Conservation Tillage
* Conservation Tillage Data
* Trends in Conservation Tillage Use
* Factors Affecting Conservation Tillage Adoption and Use
* Conclusion
* Chapter 3. Benefits and Costs of Conservation Tillage
* Measuring the Benefits and Costs of Conservation Tillage
* Economic Benefits and Costs to Farmers of Conservation Tillage
Adoption
* Environmental Benefits and Costs of Conservation Tillage
* Conclusion
* Appendix
* Chapter 4. Conservation Tillage: The Role of Public Policy
* Policies Designed to Affect the Adoption of Specific Production
Practices
* U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Policies
* Policy Impacts on the Adoption of Conservation Tillage
* Conclusion
* Summary
* Notes
* References
* Index