Agriculture and Water Quality: Better Results Require Better Policy
La Escuela de Economía y el Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas (IICE) de la Universidad de Costa Rica invitan a la actividad “Agriculture and Water Quality: Better Results Require Better Policy”, en la cual el economista ambiental James Shortle, de Penn State University, presentará una perspectiva académica e internacional sobre la regulación de la contaminación del agua en el sector agropecuario. La actividad será en inglés.
Fecha: Viernes 1ero de marzo de 2024, de
8:30
a.m. a 11:30 a.m.
Lugar: Auditorio del Instituto de
Investigaciones Agrícolas, UCR
Ubicación:https://waze.com/ul/hd1u0x3qmu
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Agriculture and
Water Quality: Better Results Require Better Policy
Water
pollution control has been a top high priority of environmental policy makers
for decades, and a focus of significant regulation and public and private
spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some
pollutants are in the wrong direction. A key reason for the lack of progress in
high-income and emerging economies is failure to adequately control pollution
from agricultural production, now generally the leading cause of water quality
problems in these places. This presentation
describes how common policy approaches to reduce agricultural pollution in
countries with advanced institutions for water quality protection fall short of
what is needed to achieve water quality goals. The presentation describes areas
of needed policy reform and draws lessons for key elements of policy that are
effective and efficient.
About James
Shortle
With a long career at Penn State University, emeritus
professor James Shortle focused his research on environmental externalities
associated with agriculture production (https://aese.psu.edu/directory/jss15).
His presentation will be informed by experiences on international regulation
and inspired by his most recent book “Water Quality and Agriculture” (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-47087-6)