Economic assessment of the effects of air pollution on agricultural crops in the San Joaquin Valley

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1985.10465950· OSTI ID:5011501

Rowe, R D; Chestnut, L G

Physical and economic impacts of 1978 ambient levels of ozone and sulfur dioxide on 33 crops in the San Joaquin Valley are estimated. The field data regression approach is used and evaluated for estimating yield losses. The effects of alternative air pollution measures and regression functional forms are evaluated. An economic model is employed that accounts for both farm and market responses to yield improvements from reduced air pollution. Economic damages were estimated to exceed $100 million in 1978 with the biggest losers being the producers of cotton and producers and consumers of grapes, a crop that has heretofore been ignored in agricultural assessments of pollution damage.

• Research Organization: Energy and Resource Consultants, Inc., Boulder, CO
• OSTI ID: 5011501
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 35:7; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGRICULTURE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
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COTTON
CROPS
DAMAGE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC IMPACT
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SULFUR COMPOUNDS
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