Improving targeting of farmers for enrollment in agri-environmental programs

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Author(s)Duke, Joshua M.
Author(s)Johnston, Robert J.
Author(s)Shober, Amy L.
Author(s)Liu, Zhongyuan
Date Accessioned2024-02-28T17:45:12Z
Date Available2024-02-28T17:45:12Z
Publication Date2023-05-18
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13227. © 2022 The Authors. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.
AbstractAgricultural cost-share research and planning tend to focus on one program at a time, and hence overlook additional efficiencies that might be obtained by considering the possibility that enrollment decisions are related across different programs. Models of multiple-program participation decisions enable these relationships to be considered as part of conditional enrollment predictions, providing more complete and accurate understanding of enrollment behavior. Analysis of data from farmer surveys in Maryland and Ohio show complementary drivers across program participation. Results are consistent with economies of scale and/or scope among different agri-environmental programs. The data also show the gains in prediction accuracy when the model accounts for participation in other programs, thereby enabling improved targeting and program design. For instance, enrollment in commodity-type programs causes a much larger marginal increase (12.6%) in the probability of Maryland cover crops participation than does the increase from Conservation Reserve Program enrollment (4.4%).
SponsorThe authors thank two anonymous referees, editor Dan Petrolia, Mykel Taylor, Wendiam Sawadgo, and Adam Rabinowitz for comments and feedback. We are grateful for assistance with Ohio focus groups from Ed Crawford, with Maryland focus groups from Anthony Riggi, and with the survey execution from TianHang Gao and Emerson Paradee. This work is supported by Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities grant no. 2016-67023-24757/project accession no. 1008736 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station.
CitationDuke, Joshua M., Robert J. Johnston, Amy L. Shober, and Zhongyuan Liu. 2023. “ Improving targeting of farmers for enrollment in agri-environmental programs.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(2): 1072–1096. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13227
ISSN2040-5804
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/34068
Languageen_US
PublisherApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Keywordscost-share
Keywordscover crops
Keywordspurchase of ecosystem services
Keywordssoil health
Keywordssustainable agriculture
Keywordszero hunger
TitleImproving targeting of farmers for enrollment in agri-environmental programs
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