U.S. Agricultural Production in Relation to Alternative Water, Environmental, and Export Policies, June 1976

(1976) U.S. Agricultural Production in Relation to Alternative Water, Environmental, and Export Policies, June 1976. Iowa State University

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Abstract

This report presents analyses of alternative future scenarios relating to U.S. agriculture as defined for the National Water Assessment conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Water Resources Council. A large-scale, national-interregional programming model developed at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University, was used to evaluate water and land needs for the agricultural sector component of the National Water Assessment. A grant under the RANN program of the National Science Foundation (GI-32990) to CARD supported the development of the model. Specification of the model to be used specifically in the National Water Assessment was a cooperative undertaking between CARD personnel and the Agricultural Resources Assessment System (ARAS) Technical Committee representing the Water Resources Council.