Analysis of Incentives for Grassland Conversion and Retention in the United State Prairie Pothole Region

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dc.contributor.authorAwudu, Lukeman
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeCoyle, Barry T. (Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics) Mann,Janelle (Economics)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorLawley, Chad (Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-18T17:01:18Z
dc.date.available2014-09-18T17:01:18Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-18
dc.degree.disciplineAgribusiness and Agricultural Economicsen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractOver the last century, much of the United State prairie pothole region has been converted to cultivated cropland. Concerns have been raised on government subsidized crop insurance effect on grassland to cropland conversion in the United States. Most grassland in the United State prairie pothole region are privately owned making a vivid understanding of landowners’ response to crop insurance subsidies important to facilitate effective design of prairie pothole conservation programs. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of land use conversion with the removal of crop insurance subsidies in the United States prairie pothole region. Government subsidies on crop insurance was determined to have a measurable impact on Conservation Reserve Program land acreage within the United States. It was estimated that a 15% reduction in the net returns to cropland resulted in about 274,000 increase in the land acreage of the Conservation Reserve Program. In Conclusion, the removal of crop insurance subsidies was predicted to slow down but not stop the conversion of grassland to cropland in the United States prairie pothole region.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/24063
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectGrasslanden_US
dc.subjectpasturelanden_US
dc.subjectCroplanden_US
dc.subjectcultivated landsen_US
dc.subjecthay
dc.subjectnative grassland
dc.subjectwetland
dc.titleAnalysis of Incentives for Grassland Conversion and Retention in the United State Prairie Pothole Regionen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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