Agriculture and the Environment
Searching for Greener Pastures
POLITICAL SCIENCE
208 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Paperback, ebook: PDF, ebook: EPUB, Mobipocket
Paperback, $17.95 (US $17.95) (CA $19.95)
Publication Date: April 2001
ISBN 9780817999124
Overview
Although US agriculture is the envy of the world, there is a growing gap between what is and what could be produced. The gap is due in part to a growing morass of environmental regulations, which limit US food production without necessarily improving environmental quality. In this compilation, leading experts examine a range of questions posed by these constraints and offer ideas for reform.
Authors explore whether we are really running out of prime farmland; how best to preserve environmentally sensitive land, and for how long; whether controls on agricultural land use can prevent urban sprawl; whether chemicals that contribute to agricultural productivity are harmful to the environment; the connections between genetically modified crops and human health; how taxes affect land use; what role water markets play in balancing agricultural productivity and wildlife habitat; and the effects of the Endangered Species Act on land use.
Author Biography
Terry L. Anderson is the John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; executive director, Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, Montana; and professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University.
Bruce Yandle is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics at Clemson University and a senior associate at the Political Economy Research Center.
