Efficiency and Innovation Offsets in Nonpoint- Source Pollution Control and the Role of Education
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Authors
Wossink, Ada
Denaux, Zulal S.
Issue Date
2004-02
Type
Preprint
Language
en_US
Keywords
Agricultural extension , Non-point source pollution , Porter hypothesis , Environmental indicator , Pesticides , Genetically modified cotton , Directional distance function
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Abstract
This paper discusses and empirically analyzes the implications of efficiency and
innovation offsets for the management of non-point source pollution from agriculture. If
efficiency improvements and green innovation indeed combine environmental advantages
with economic advantages, these offsets would offer a free lunch adjustment to
environmental regulations. A theoretical model of the farm is developed where pollution is
a joint output of production, where inefficiency in production prevails and environmental
innovations are available. We discuss whether education about environmentally friendlier
farming practices is effective in such a context. The empirical analysis addresses pesticide
use in conventional and genetically modified cotton production in North Carolina, USA.
The conceptual model was implemented by means of the non-parametric directional
distance function approach (Data Envelopment Analysis, DEA).
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Publisher
Valdosta State University
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