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In agricultural and environmental policy, green payments refer to payments made to producers as compensation for environmental benefits that accrue as a result of or in conjunction with their farming activities. The environmental benefits can include protecting wetland as improving filtration or maintaining soil quality to provide a carbon sink.

The Conservation Security Program that was authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill (P.L. 107–171, Sec. 2001- 2006) was generally viewed as the first green payments program in the United States by paying producers to provide conservation benefits on land from which food and fiber were being produced.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.