The Significance of the Interface of Agricultural and Resource Policy: Conclusions and Directions for Further Research

Abstract

The interface of agricultural and resource policy is complex and includes many specific linkages. In this volume, for example, the contribution from Miranowski, Hrubovcak and Sutton and that from Leathers emphasize the linkage between commercial agricultural policy and soil conservation policy. Wise and Johnson and Johnson, Atwood and Thompson focus on the relationship of commercial agricultural policy to pesticide and water quality policy. Just, Lichtenberg, and Zilberman (The Interaction of Agricultural Policies and Health Regulation: the Case of Tobacco) focus on the health implications of commercial agricultural policy. Cummings and Harrison, the contributions from Just, Lichtenberg and Zilberman (Joint Management of Buffer Stocks for Water and Commodities and The Effects of the Feed Grain and Wheat Programs on Irrigation and Groundwater Depletion in Nebraska), and Howitt focus on the interface of commercial agricultural policy and water conservation policy. Horowitz and McConnell and Strand and Bockstael investigate the effects of policies controlling agricultural runoffs and fisheries. Segerson examines the relationship of air pollution and agriculture and Heal looks at the relationship of ozone policy, climate, and agriculture. This wide array of potentially important linkages explains why agricultural and resource policies have evolved in a fragmented and piecemeal fashion.KeywordsPolicy ProcessAgricultural PolicySpecial Interest GroupResource PolicyBuffer StockThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.