Geographical Information System (GIS) Research Projects:

The graphic on our department home page is a detailed map of SW Florida's land use as of 1995.  We have joined the SWFREC GIS work group and IFAS GIS/GPS Technology committee.
GIS combines the cartographic data of the maps (coverages) with data associated with features on the map.

Agricultural information we have extracted:

1995 Major Agricultural land use of SW Florida (Map & Tabular Format), SFWMD data.

1995 Nursery/Ornamental land use of SW Florida (Map & Tabular Format), SFWMD data.

Southwest Florida Soil Classification (Map & Tabular Format), SCS soil surveys, SFWMD.

1996 Conservation Land map (Map & Tabular Format), University of Florida, Geoplan center.

Kissimmee Basin Citrus Land Feasibility Study , SFWMD grant project 1999.
View Final Report

Lower West Coast Basin Citrus Land Feasibility Study , SFWMD grant project 1999.
View Final Report

Economic Impact Data:

Reproduced tables from the1998 Farmworkers in Southwest Florida Report,
Table 1 Agricultural Acreage, Table 2 County Acreage, Table 3 Citrus Acreage,
Table 4 Citrus Production, Table 5 Vegetable Acreage, Table 6 Vegetable comparison.

Agriculture in Southwest Florida:   Overview and Economic Impact, D. Mulkey, R.L. Degner,
S. Gran, and R.L. Clouser, University of Florida, IFAS, SP 97-3, April 1997.
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Economic Impact of the Florida Citrus Nursery Industry, F.M. Roka, R.P. Muraro,
R.E. Rouse, University of Florida, IFAS, Proceedings Florida State Horticulture Society 1998.
View paper.

Land Values:

The Florida Land Market Report:  1998 Survey Results , J.E. Reynolds and S. Moss,
University of Florida, IFAS, Florida Food & Resource Economics, July-August 1998, No.140.
View paper.

Examining the Use of National Databases in a Hedonic Analysis of Regional Farmland Values,
F.M. Roka & R.B. Palmquist, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, No. 5, 1997.
View paper.

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