@article{Lynch:134111,
      recid = {134111},
      author = {Lynch, Sarah},
      title = {Designing Green Support Programs},
      address = {1994},
      number = {889-2016-65156},
      series = {Policy Studies Report No. 4},
      pages = {124},
      year = {1994},
      abstract = {"Designing Green Support Programs" is the second in a  series of reports on Green
Support Programs from the Henry  A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture.
The first  report in this series, "Lean, Mean and Green .. Designing  Farm Support
Programs in a New Era," by Sarah Lynch and  Katherine R. Smith, provides a broad
overview of the  concept of Green Support Programs (GSP). A GSP would  combine in
one program the dual objectives of supporting  farmers income and providing environmental
protection from  agricultural pollution. "Lean, Mean and Green ... "  identifies
critical decisions that must be made in  designing a GSP and explores the implications
and  trade-offs of alternative program designs.
"Designing Green  Support Programs" provides an in-depth analysis of several  of the
critical decisions that must be made in designing a  GSP. In the first paper of this
volume, Sarah Lynch  provides a brief overview of agriculture's environmental  problems
and highlights some of the strengths and  weaknesses of alternative approaches to
addressing these  problems. Ralph E. Heimlich explores the geographic  distribution of
potential agroenvironmental problems and  discusses the implications of this distribution
on program  targeting to enhance cost-effectiveness. The issue of  incentive
compatibility between existing farm programs and  a GSP is examined by C. Ford
Runge. Sandra Batie discusses  the availability of sustainable, environmentally  friendly
alternative technologies and production practices,  and barriers to their adoption.
Finally, Jerry Skees  explores program administration issues that must be  confronted
when designing and implementing a  GSP.
Collectively, these papers' add considerable depth to  our understanding of the important
issues and trade-offs  that must be considered in designing a GSP. In so  doing
they inform the on-going debate over the strengths  and limitations of GSPs and the
potential role they might  play in the next generation of farm programs.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/134111},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.134111},
}