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Pesticide Tax, Cropping Patterns, and Water Quality in South Central Texas

Year: 1994

Type: article

Abstract: The impact of an ad valorem pesticide tax on cropping patterns and pesticide use was examined in the South Central Texas Crop Reporting District. Output supply equations were econometrically estimated and used in the simulation. A 25 percent tax on pesticide was estimated to have major impacts on cropping patterns and on pesticide use. Assuming other input and output prices were unaffected, the supply of one important crop would fall by more than half. Demand for some of the highly soluble and persistent pesticides, which present the greatest threat to groundwater quality, would also decrease substantially (some as much as 50 percent).

Source: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics

DOI: 10.1017/s1074070800019325

Authors: C. Richard Shumway, Rayanne R. Chesser

Institution: Texas A&M University

Language: English

Topic: Agricultural economics and policies

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1585504034