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A Conjoint Analysis of Public Preferences for Agricultural Land Preservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Joshua M. Duke  and
Thomas W. Ilvento
Joshua M. Duke
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Delaware
Thomas W. Ilvento
Affiliation:
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Delaware
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Abstract

Public preferences for the nonmarket services of permanently preserved agricultural land are measured and compared using conjoint analysis. The results from a survey of 199 Delawareans suggest environmental and nonmarket-agricultural services are the most important preserved-land attributes. Results also suggest that open space associated with wetlands on farms is neither an amenity nor a disamenity. On the margin, preserved parcels with agricultural and environmental attributes provide net benefits, which may exceed $1,000,000 for a 1,000-acre parcel. Preserved forestland provides benefits per acre that are statistically equivalent to cropland, though forestland may be less expensive to preserve.

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agricultural land preservationnonmarket valuationPurchase of Agricultural Conservation EasementsPurchase of Development Rights
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , October 2004 , pp. 209 - 219
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Copyright © 2004 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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