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The Multifunctional Attributes of Northeastern Agriculture: A Research Agenda

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Sandra S. Batie
Sandra S. Batie*
Affiliation:
Food and Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
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Abstract

In the United States’ Northeastern region, there is an increasing interest in the public benefits from agriculture. These benefits are frequently referred to as multifunctional attributes. The policy challenge is to find an effective way to reflect these public demands so that multifunctional agriculture can be profitable. There is a significant research agenda that accompanies this challenge. Research topics include assessing and understanding consumer demand for multifuntional attributes, estimating the long-run returns to those production systems which supply these attributes, and designing and evaluating institutional arrangements to supply them.

Keywords

farmland protectionland use policymultifunctional agriculture
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Invited Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , April 2003 , pp. 1 - 8
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Copyright © 2003 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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