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An Analysis of Potential Conservation Effort of CRP Participants in the State of Missouri: A Latent Variable Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

N.G. Kalaitzandonakes  and
M. Monson
N.G. Kalaitzandonakes
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
M. Monson
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
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Abstract

This study investigated the influence of economic, personal, and attitudinal factors on the intended conservation effort of a sample of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract holders after their contracts have expired. Economic factors were found to dominate the decision about future conservation effort. Attitudes towards conservation were found to have no significant influence on the decision. This fact may relate to the recent changes in the regulatory environment brought about by the 1985 Food Security Act which changed conservation from a voluntary to regulated nature.

Keywords

conservation attitudesconservation effortCRPMIMICMissouri
Type
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1994 , pp. 200 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1994

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