Overlooked Benefits of Nutrient Reductions in the Mississippi River Basin

Parthum, Bryan; Ando, Amy W.

doi:10.3368/wple.96.4.589

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“…In this study, we apply the ITEEM to investigate watershed-scale portfolios of agricultural BMPs and EBTs via a case study in a typical Corn Belt watershed. The physical, biophysical, and chemical processes involved in the integrated model were validated by historical data (see refs , , , for more details); the economic parameters and relations are validated by Parthum and Ando . The ITEEM is coupled with a multiple-objective optimization program to illustrate the trade-offs and synergies among the food, energy, water, and environment systems and to explore solutions based on spatially explicit combinations of agricultural BMPs and EBTs.…”

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Integrated Agricultural Practices and Engineering Technologies Enhance Synergies of Food-Energy-Water Systems in Corn Belt Watersheds

Cai

Niroula

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Interconnected food, energy, water systems (FEWS) require systems level understanding to design efficient and effective management strategies and policies that address potentially competing challenges of production and environmental quality. Adoption of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) can reduce nonpoint source phosphorus (P) loads, but there are also opportunities to recover P from point sources, which could also reduce demand for mineral P fertilizer derived from declining geologic reserves. Here, we apply the Integrated Technology-Environment-Economics Model to investigate the consequences of watershed-scale portfolios of agricultural BMPs and environmental and biological technologies (EBTs) for cobenefits of FEWS in Corn Belt watersheds. Via a pilot study with a representative agro-industrial watershed with high P and nitrogen discharge, we show achieving the nutrient reduction goals in the watershed; BMP-only portfolios require extensive and costly land-use change (19% of agricultural land) to perennial energy grasses, while portfolios combining BMPs and EBTs can improve water quality while recovering P from corn biorefineries and wastewater streams with only 4% agricultural land-use change. The potential amount of P recovered from EBTs is estimated as 2 times as much as the agronomic P requirement in the watershed, showing the promise of the P circular economy. These findings inform solution development based on the combination of agricultural BMPs and EBTs for the cobenefits of FEWS in Corn Belt watersheds.

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Integrated Agricultural Practices and Engineering Technologies Enhance Synergies of Food-Energy-Water Systems in Corn Belt Watersheds

Cai

Niroula

et al. 2023

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…Moreover, most hunters were familiar with the CWD testing fee, which was currently paid by TWRA, and the benefits of CWD testing. Although the WTP questions were presented as an advisory referendum, the consent form of the survey incorporated the following statement to increase hunter belief in consequentiality (Parthum and Ando, 2020;Vossler and Holladay, 2018): "You are one of the few randomly selected deer hunters in the region to participate in this survey. Your response will help TWRA, and other stakeholders understand hunters' perception of CWD risk and inform their management decisions."…”

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Hunter Willingness-to-Pay for Disease Testing: Evidence from Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer

Adhikari,

Poudyal,

Muller

et al. 2023

J. Agric. Appl. Econ.

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Using the case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer, we estimated hunters’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) for testing their game and determined how their perception of disease risk, trust, and confidence in wildlife agency affected hunter participation in ongoing disease surveillance. The average WTP for testing was $23.75 per deer, and it was positively related to trust and confidence in the wildlife agency and the perception of risk about deer populations in the declining area and the pathogen spreading to other areas. These findings imply that implementing active outreach programs can improve hunter participation in user-paid systems for CWD surveillance.

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Valuing Ecosystem Services and Downstream Water Quality Improvement in the U.S. Corn Belt

Gramig

2023

Environ Resource Econ

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Overlooked Benefits of Nutrient Reductions in the Mississippi River Basin

Cited by 13 publications

References 53 publications

Integrated Agricultural Practices and Engineering Technologies Enhance Synergies of Food-Energy-Water Systems in Corn Belt Watersheds

Integrated Agricultural Practices and Engineering Technologies Enhance Synergies of Food-Energy-Water Systems in Corn Belt Watersheds

Hunter Willingness-to-Pay for Disease Testing: Evidence from Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer

Valuing Ecosystem Services and Downstream Water Quality Improvement in the U.S. Corn Belt

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