Cost-effective agri-environmental payment programs: U.S. experience in theory and practice
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2005
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This presentation describes the objectives and types of PES (payments for environmental services) programs in the United States. The cost-effectiveness of various aspects of program approaches is discussed, such as competitive producer enrollment and benefit-cost targeting. Two major U.S. agri-environmental programs, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), are compared and discussed.
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Agricultural law, Payments for environmental services, Program planning, Government policy, Agriculture, Conservation easements, Conservation incentives, National planning, Agricultural ecosystems, Environmental law, PES, United States, Cost-effectiveness, Targeting, Bidding, Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance
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Presented at the ZEF-CIFOR workshop: Payments for Environmental Services (PES): Methods and Design in Developing and Developed Countries, Titisee, Germany, 15-18 June 2005