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| dc.contributor.author | Wossink, Ada | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Denaux, Zulal S. | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | North and Central America--United States--North Carolina | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-10-01T14:22:47Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-02T17:24:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-10-01T14:22:47Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-02T17:24:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-02 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10428/333 | en_US |
| dc.description.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). | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Valdosta State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agricultural extension | en_US |
| dc.subject | Non-point source pollution | en_US |
| dc.subject | Porter hypothesis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Environmental indicator | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pesticides | en_US |
| dc.subject | Genetically modified cotton | en_US |
| dc.subject | Directional distance function | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nonpoint source pollution--United States | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Best management practices (Pollution prevention) | en_US |
| dc.title | Efficiency and Innovation Offsets in Nonpoint- Source Pollution Control and the Role of Education | en_US |
| dc.type | Preprint | en_US |
