ABSTRACT:
Soil erosion has both short- and long-term impacts. A logical methodology for addressing the multigeneration impacts of alternative conservation systems was developed. The proposed methodology could be used by policymakers to establish erosion control goals based on the known technologies for conservation and crop production at the present time. As technologies change in the future, periodic reassessments of goals could be made using the same methodology.
Footnotes
V. W. Benson is an agricultural economist with the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Temple, Texas 76502. Oliver W. Rice is a soil scientist with SCS, USDA, Chester Pennsylvania; Paul T. Dyke is a research scientist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Temple; Jimmy R. Williams is a hydraulic engineer with the Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Temple, Texas; and C. Allan Jones is a professor, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Temple. This paper is a contribution from SCS, USDA in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
- Copyright 1989 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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