Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four volume set (Earthscan Reference Collections)

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 55 in a situation or loss of well-being associated with a conditi ...

56 Agricultural Harm to the Environment Other studies on agricultural cost accounting in the UK include Adger and Whitby (1991, ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 57 15.3 million are idled each year. The remaining 168.8 million ...

58 Agricultural Harm to the Environment Table 3.1 Selected annual external cost of US agricultural production (2002, million $) ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 59 a human health concern. It can be converted to nitrite in the ...

60 Agricultural Harm to the Environment Human activities have doubled the amount of nitrogen in our ecosystems since the 1970s t ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 61 Category 1 summary Total damage to water resources due to agri ...

62 Agricultural Harm to the Environment (2a) Cost to water industry Sediment causes turbidity in water supplies and transports t ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 63 value. According to Crowder’s analysis, 24 per cent of sedimen ...

64 Agricultural Harm to the Environment the revision does not account for the subsequent decrease in cropland erosion. So, the r ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 65 (2h) Other off-stream costs: Municipal and industrial users Mu ...

66 Agricultural Harm to the Environment total greenhouse gas emissions in the US, including 70 per cent of all nitrous oxide emi ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 67 Our primary valuation source is a study on the environmental i ...

68 Agricultural Harm to the Environment (4c) Fish kills due to pesticides Pesticides contaminate aquatic environments, poisoning ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 69 Category 4 summary Total annual damage to wildlife and ecosyst ...

70 Agricultural Harm to the Environment arises from production and meal preparation. Zero contamination is not realistic and oth ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 71 evaluated to fully address food safety issues. Growing evidenc ...

72 Agricultural Harm to the Environment Part of this valuation may be considered double-counting with the water treat- ment cost ...

External Costs of Agricultural Production in the United States 73 Comparing our findings with a more comprehensive list of agric ...

74 Agricultural Harm to the Environment Clearly, further research is needed on external costs of agriculture, including detailed ...