Economic assessment of acid deposition and ozone damage on the San Joaquin Valley agriculture. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6068183

Howitt, R

The California Agricultural Resources Model (CARM) was used to estimate the economic impact of acidic deposition and ozone on crops in the San Joaquin Valley. Data on ozone exposure-crop response and agricultural markets are used in the CARM to estimate the potential economic benefits of an improvement in air quality. The study focused on the economic impact of two ozone reduction scenarios in agricultural regions of California. The CARM projected that if growing season concentrations of ozone were reduced to 0.04 ppm, annual benefits to consumers (higher availability and lower prices) and producers (higher production and lower production costs) would be approximately $489 million. In comparison, the benefit projected if statewide levels of ozone were uniformly reduced to 0.025 ppm was approximately $1.5 billion. Although the 0.025 ppm scenario is unlikely, the economic benefits were estimated to be correspondingly large.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Agricultural Economics
• OSTI ID: 6068183
• Report Number(s): PB-93-217511/XAB; CNN: ARB-A132-151
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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