The purpose of this thesis is to present the results of a study
of the impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program, Title XII of the
Food Security Act of 1985, on the economies of small communities
located in Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla Counties in Oregon. These
counties are representative of many rural counties which are
extremely dependent on agriculture for their economic well-being.
The main objectives of this study are to determine: 1) the
economic impacts of an agricultural policy, in this case the CRP, on
rural communities; and 2) who may benefit and who may be adversely
affected by the policy.
As the structure of agriculture continues to change,
communities as well as individual farmers, will experience this
change in varying degrees. In general, the outlook for rural
communities which are so dependent on agriculture is somewhat bleak.
The focus of this thesis, therefore, is to attempt to assess the
impact of the Conservation Reserve Program on such communities. / Graduation date: 1988
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/26859 |
| Date | 14 December 1987 |
| Creators | Nofziger, Sharon Dianne |
| Contributors | Martin, Michael V. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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