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A Multiple Criteria Decision System to Improve Performance of Federal Conservation Programs

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Ozgoc-Caglar, C. Derya
Farnsworth, Richard L.
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The Environmental Quality Incentives Program and other voluntary Federal conservation programs follow a similar approach for enrollment. Consistent with the legislation, agency personnel identify eligibility criteria, suitable conservation practices, and a process to score, rank, and select applications for funding. Our research outlines a formal multiple criteria decision analysis system that is broadly applicable to current Federal conservation programs to score, rank, and enroll applications, and distribute program funds. Then, we apply the decision system to Indiana’s EQIP program using data from 2005. The incorporation of GLEAMS model improved our estimates of water quality impacts by reintroducing the spatial heterogeneity.

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Paper provided by Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society in its series 2008 Conference (52nd), February 5-8, 2008, Canberra, Australia with number 5986.

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Keywords: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis; Federal Conservation Programs; Environmental Quality Incentives Program; GLEAMS; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods;

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  1. Robert C. Johansson & Andrea Cattaneo, 2006. "Indices for Working Land Conservation: Form Affects Function," Review of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(4), pages 567-584, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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