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United States Farm Subsidies: A Question of Equity and Efficiency
(CANRP, 2012-02-03)
Are United States farm subsidies fair? Should they and can they be made more fair? Do farm subsidies even impact their intended targets? Dr. Barrett Kirwan at the University of Maryland takes a closer look.
Does it Matter Who Writes Your Nutrient Management Plan?
(CANRP, 2012-03-02)
Dr. Erik Lichtenberg and Dr. Doug Parker of the University of
Maryland, along with Dr. Chad Lawley of the University of Manitoba,
studied the content of nutrient management plans written before they
were required by law ...
Seafood Safety Regulations: Do They Make Our Food Safer?
(CANRP, 2012-01-06)
How do new federal guidelines for food safety affect the behavior of seafood processors? How well are they working? Could they be improved? Dr. Anna Alberini and Dr. Erik Lichtenberg at the University of Maryland take a ...
Simulated Trading for Maryland’s Nitrogen Loadings in the Chesapeake Bay: A Policy Overlook
(CANRP, 2012-04-13)
Jim Hanson and Ted McConnell looked at whether decreasing nutrients into the Bay could cost less if trading is permitted. Rather than having the sewage treatment plants install new technology (high cost), these sewage ...
Physician, Professionalize Thyself
(CANRP, 2012-04-27)
Cost effective and sustainable methods to improve health care quality can result in significant improvements in the health of poor
people in developing countries. Dr. Kenneth Leonard of the University of Maryland suggests ...
Making Grassroot Agricultural Auctions Work
(CANRP, 2012-06-08)
Large retailers often prefer to buy produce from large farms, leaving the owners of smaller farms in search of alternative markets. Drs. Stephan Tubene and Jim Hanson of the University of Maryland took a close look at the ...
PDR programs affect landowners’ conversion decision in Maryland
(CANRP, 2012-10-31)
PDR programs pay farmers to give up their right to convert their farmland to residential and other non-farm uses. Does having the option to enroll in such a program affect the a landowner’s conversion decision? Does it ...
Do Agricultural Land Preservation Programs Reduce Overall Farmland Loss?
(CANRP, 2012-07-20)
When purchase of development rights (PDR) programs are in place to prevent farmland from being developed into commercial or residential property, you would expect that less farmland would be converted. But are these programs ...
Who Participates in the Voluntary Cleanup Program: Lessons from Baltimore City
(CANRP, 2012-06-22)
If the sheer size of land endowment is an indicator of an economy’s potential, then the United States is fortunate indeed. However, there exist land tracts, in urban and rural areas, which are left unused due to concerns ...
Does Low-density Zoning Impact Rural Land Value?
(CANRP, 2012-09-28)
Do zoning regulations rob rural landowners’ equity – i.e. decreasing their land values without compensation? Do these land use controls affect different types of land in the same way or in different ways? How far-reaching ...