Using pay-for-performance conservation to address the challenges of the next farm bill

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Winsten, Jonathan R ^a   Hunter, Mitch ^b  

^a Winrock International   (United States)

^b American Farmland Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861079437     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.66.4.111A     Document Type: Article

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