IMPROVING FEDERAL ALLOCATION OF EQIP FUNDING
dc.contributor.advisor | Galik, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Urban, Dean | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Jiemei | |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, Emily | |
dc.contributor.author | Qin, Jianming | |
dc.contributor.author | Neal, Ashley | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-25T19:12:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-25T19:12:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-04-25 | |
dc.department | Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences | |
dc.description.abstract | The motivation behind this report is to evaluate and respond to past and current decision pathways employed for determining state allocation of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] funding under the Natural Resource Conservation Service [NRCS]. We work to provide justifiable recommendations for how the allocation of EQIP dollars might be improved, especially as it pertains to improving equity among those states with the highest priority needs. The distribution mechanism of federal EQIP funding to each state has received significant criticism in the past. The criticism stems primarily from the usage of a weighted factor formula that has been thought to unfairly favor certain states over others. Beyond questions of equity, there have also been more fundamental concerns over the quality of data inputted into the funding formula. In this project, we worked with our client, a Program Analyst at the North Carolina NRCS office, to tailor our recommendations to the specific concerns of one state. Our client’s specific concern was that North Carolina has historically been positioned lower in the national ranking of EQIP funding that it receives as compared to many other large agricultural states. | |
dc.identifier.uri | ||
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Environmental Quality Incentives Program [EQIP] | |
dc.subject | Resources economics | |
dc.subject | Natural Resources Conservations | |
dc.subject | US. Department of Agriculture | |
dc.title | IMPROVING FEDERAL ALLOCATION OF EQIP FUNDING | |
dc.type | Master's project |
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