Building a Business Case for Investment in Soil Information 2008-07-18T01:12:17Z 2008-09-04T07:09:45Z Building a Business Case for Investment in Soil Information Market dynamics and institutional strategy Barber M, Craemer R Barber M, Craemer R <p>Soil information is valuable, but the economic rationale for public funding of soil information &ndash; especially large scale mapping programs &ndash; appears to be poorly understood and/or articulated at present.</p> <p>Public investment in soil information needs to be strongly linked to market failure and public good arguments. A value chain concept and economic principles enable us to identify the following areas in which market failure arguments could be used in support of a &lsquo;business case&rsquo; for government investment in soil information.</p> PN21336 PN21336 ACI 10