Gauging support for innovative farmland preservation techniques

Policy Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-155

  Duke, Joshua M ^a   Lynch, Lori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural conservation pension; Agricultural land preservation; Land preservation tontine; Rights of first refusal; Term easements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONSERVATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LANDOWNER; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547620545     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-007-9039-6     Document Type: Article

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