An interesting study, but what is the point of asking people how much they would pay to preserve farmland when they will never actually pay it?  All of the cost, 100% of it, was borne by the farm owners when the ALR was created. They paid in effect an enormous loss of wealth to benefit the majority, if the ALR is really a benefit to them. I would suggest that the population is paying for it now with a lack of housing. Really nice too that rural residents and ALR owners were excluded from the study. How corrupt can a study get?  I also notice that the study at one point suggests that a subsidy of $3725 per acre per year would be acceptable to the public - well I've got 5 acreas of ALR land and nobody is sending me any cheques for it to remain in the ALR.  I also get no water, no sewer, no garbage pickup,  and no nearby high schools for the kids, but I do get bylaw and ALR hassles in exchange for paying full property taxes ( I don't farm the land). What a deal!
Scrap the ALR.