THE EFFECT OF CROP-ROTATION ON REDUCING EXCESS NITROGEN-FERTILIZER USE

被引:4
作者
HUANG, WY [1 ]
URI, ND [1 ]
机构
[1] USDA,ERS,RTD,ROOM 428,1301 NEW YORK AVE NW,WASHINGTON,DC 20005
关键词
COMPLIANCE COST; EXCESS NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER USE; WATER QUALITY;
D O I
10.1016/0307-904X(93)90039-J
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Among the various policy options available to reduce the excess application of nitrogen, including restricting the nitrogen fertilizer application rale and taxing nitrogen fertilizer, adoption of a soybean-corn rotation, while coincidentally limiting the nitrogen fertilizer application rate, will have the lowest compliance cost for a farmer. This rotation also will be the most efficient option, by maintaining a profitable level of crop production irrespective of the ratio of the nitrogen fertilizer price and the corn price. Using rotation on cropland with a high potential for leaching will have a smaller compliance cost relative to that found when -the cropland has moderate leaching potential.
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页码:141 / 148
页数:8
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