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Regional Growth Impacts on Agricultural Land Development: A Spatial Model for Three States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Yohannes G. Hailu  and
Cheryl Brown
Yohannes G. Hailu
Affiliation:
Land Policy Institute, Michigan State University
Cheryl Brown
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Resource Economics Program, Division of Resource Management, West Virginia University
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Abstract

In this study we attempt to understand the relationship between regional growth in population, employment, and per capita income, and farmland development in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A spatial simultaneous equations model is estimated using county-level data. Results indicate that while county income growth and agricultural land value increases in neighboring counties increase the rate of farmland loss, growth in county agricultural land values, increases in agricultural land density in neighboring counties, and increases in agricultural income per farm reduce farmland losses. Farmland protection policies were not significant in reducing agricultural land development. This approach, focused on regional growth, provides insight into linkages between growth and agricultural land development that can potentially enhance land use planning.

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farmland protectionregional growthrural developmentspatial growth equilibrium model

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , April 2007 , pp. 149 - 163
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Copyright © 2007 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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