The interface between agricultural assistance and the environment: chemical fertilizer consumption and area expansion

This paper considers aggregate linkages between government farm sector assistance and the environment. Agricultural intensification (input use per unit of land in production-here measured by fertilizer use per hectare) and extensification (agricultural land expansion) are used as indicators of envir...

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Published in:Land economics 1997-08, Vol.73 (3), p.404-427
Main Authors: Lewandrowski, J, Tobey, J, Cook, Z
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ABONOS
Agricultural assistance
Agricultural land
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
Agricultural policy
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture
APPLICATION RATES
Chemical fertilizers
DAMAGE
DANOS
DEGAT
DOSE D'APPLICATION
DOSIS DE APLICACION
Economic aspects
ENGRAIS
Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Environmental protection
EUROPA
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION
Farm commodities
Farm exports
Farming
FARMLAND
Farms
FERTILIZERS
GOBIERNO
GOUVERNEMENT
GOVERNMENT
IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT
IMPACTO AMBIENTAL
Industrial agriculture
INTENSIFICACION
INTENSIFICATION
Intensive production
Land economics
LAND USE
METHODE STATISTIQUE
METODOS ESTADISTICOS
OECD COUNTRIES
PAISES DE LA OCDE
PAYS DE L'OCDE
POLITICA AGRICOLA
POLITIQUE AGRICOLE
PRODUCCION
PRODUCTION
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
SECTEUR AGRICOLE
SECTOR AGRARIO
STATISTICAL METHODS
Studies
SUBSTITUTION
Sustainable agriculture
TERRE AGRICOLE
TIERRAS AGRICOLAS
UNION EUROPEA
UNION EUROPEENNE
UTILISATION DES TERRES
UTILIZACION DE LA TIERRA
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Summary:This paper considers aggregate linkages between government farm sector assistance and the environment. Agricultural intensification (input use per unit of land in production-here measured by fertilizer use per hectare) and extensification (agricultural land expansion) are used as indicators of environmental impacts, and the relationship between these indicators and agricultural assistance is illustrated graphically. Empirical relationships between farm sector assistance and fertilizer and land use are estimated. In general, agricultural assistance is positively related to per hectare use of chemical fertilizers. The relationship between agricultural assistance and land area in production differs between high income industrialized and low income countries.
ISSN:0023-7639
1543-8325
DOI:10.2307/3147176