Sentence examples for conservation subsidies from inspiring English sources
This paper presents an integrated basin scale analysis of water conservation subsidies for irrigated agriculture.
Results indicate that water conservation subsidies for drip irrigation produce several effects.
In a blueprint released last month, the administration advocated eliminating subsidies that threatened international trade agreements and it supported conservation subsidies for all farmers that are accepted under current World Trade Organization guidelines.
Along the Baltic coasts of Germany and Poland, a small but growing band of farmers are already making use of conservation subsidies and research grants to move in this direction.
The study accounts for economic incentives affecting choices on irrigation technology, crop mix, and water source in the face of water conservation subsidies under various levels of surface water shortage.
While opponents of the provision say it would ban the release of names of those who receive conservation subsidies and the amount of the subsidies, sponsors say it would prevent the release only of information from farmers' application forms, like Social Security numbers.
To test this idea, two policies – one with and one without an incentive – are analyzed: (a) reduced agricultural diversions without a water conservation subsidy, and (b) reduced agricultural diversions with a water conservation subsidy.
Mrs. Hofmann will never get rich on the $13,000 annual conservation subsidy she receives for her 450-acre spread.
Mr. Cox said environmental organizations do not want lawmakers to cut financing for the water conservation subsidy.
Although the conservation subsidy policy incurs a financial cost to the taxpayer, it could be politically and economically attractive for both irrigators and environmental stakeholders.
According to data from the Environmental Working Group, a Washington research group, the government has provided about $4.2 billion in conservation subsidy payments to landowners since 1997.
