Biodiversity conservation by farmers: analysis of actual and contingent participation

Wossink, G.A.A.; Wenum, J.H. van

doi:10.1093/erae/30.4.461

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“…Education may be positively linked to better understanding the value of anticipated measures (Vanslembrouck et al, 2002). Financial characteristics, namely agricultural and off farm income affect considerably the decision of landowners (De Francesco et al, 2008;Wossink and van Wenum 2003;Zbinden and Lee, 2005). The effect of rental income on adoption of environmental measures have also been investigated by Lynch and Lovell (2003) and it was anticipated to have a negative sign, though wasn't found significant.…”

Section: Lessons Learned Regarding the Profile Of Adoptersmentioning

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Exploring the determinants for adopting water conservation measures. What is the tendency of landowners when the resource is already at risk?

Grammatikopoulou

Pouta

Myyrä

2015

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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In Finland, water conservation policy sets equal incentive regardless of the condition of the environment. Before any policy reform, it is vital to investigate landowners' tendency for adoption. In this study we were particularly interested in examining the tendency for adoption if the soil quality implies a high leaching risk or water quality is already poor. For this purpose, survey data were combined with GIS data. Furthermore the aim was to analyse the effect of farm and farmer characteristics and attitudes on adoption. The findings derived by probit models indicated that, for active farmers, financial variables were the key determinants. For passive owners, adoption was also explained by attitudes. Contrary to our expectations, there is no spontaneous tendency for water conservation in deteriorated areas. Targeted agri-environmental measures, even though costly, cannot be avoided.

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Section: Lessons Learned Regarding the Profile Of Adoptersmentioning

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Exploring the determinants for adopting water conservation measures. What is the tendency of landowners when the resource is already at risk?

Grammatikopoulou

Pouta

Myyrä

2015

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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“…Younger farmers tend to be more explorative, while older farmers tend to keep to their old ways (Vanslembrouck et al 2002;Wossink and van Wenum 2003). 4.…”

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“…5. Income from rice: many studies have used this factor as a respondent characteristic when assessing the adoption of agroforestry practices and conservation activities, although the effect on the respondents' decision making have been variously found to be both positive (Le 2005;Neef 2010;Vanslembrouck et al 2002) and negative (Villamor 2012;Wossink and van Wenum 2003).…”

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Gender influences decisions to change land use practices in the tropical forest margins of Jambi, Indonesia

Villamor

Amaruzaman

Noordwijk

2013

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This study explores the role of gender as a factor in decision making about alternative land use options and in responses to new investment opportunities, which has received little attention to date. An observational study to determine the different factors affecting male and female decisions to change land use at the individual level in a forest margin landscape in Jambi (Sumatra, Indonesia) was combined with a set of role playing games (RPGs) designed to assess participant responses in a simulated social setting of women-only and men-only groups. The RPG included simulated agents offering new opportunities to convert or conserve agroforest. In the study area, rubber (Hevea braziliensis) agroforests that support high biodiversity and carbon storage are giving way to monoculture rubber and oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations. When women from both the upland and lowland villages played the RPGs, external investors proposing logging or oil palm conversion were approached very positively and the resulting land use change was more dynamic and extensive than in the equivalent men-only groups. Consequently, women outperformed men in achieving income targets. In lowland areas gender is strongly associated with land use change, while in the uplands the level of conservation awareness plays a more crucial role in the maintenance of rubber agroforests. Based on the data, and contrary to expectations and gender stereotypes, it is expected that the greater involvement of women in landscape level decision making will increase emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the area, posing further challenges to efforts to reduce such emissions.

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“…Morris and Potter, 1995;Wilson, 1997;Wilson and Hart, 2000;Wynn et al, 2001;Wossink and Wenum, 2003;Vanslembrouk et al, 2002;see Siebert et al, 2006 for a review). The general consensus seems to be that participation in AES is positively influenced by farm size, educational attainment and by a farmer's interest in conservation, but negatively related to a farmer's age.…”

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Investigating farmers' preferences for the design of agri-environment schemes: a choice experiment approach

Ruto

Garrod

2009

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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In recent decades agri-environment schemes (AES) have become an increasingly important tool for policy makers aiming to reverse the post-war decline in environmental quality on agricultural land. The voluntary nature of such schemes means that the decision of farmers to participate is central to achieving policy objectives. This paper therefore uses a choice experiment approach to investigate the role that scheme design can have on encouraging farmers to participate. Choice data was gathered from a survey of farmers in 10 case study areas across the EU and analysed using both mixed logit and latent class models. In general, farmers were found to require greater financial incentives to join schemes with longer contracts or that offer less flexibility or higher levels of paperwork. It was also observed that a large segment of farmers ('low resistance adopters') would be willing to accept relatively small incentive payments for their participation in schemes offering relatively little flexibility and high levels of additional paperwork, when compared to other more 'high resistance adopters'.

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Biodiversity conservation by farmers: analysis of actual and contingent participation

Cited by 108 publications

References 22 publications

Exploring the determinants for adopting water conservation measures. What is the tendency of landowners when the resource is already at risk?

Exploring the determinants for adopting water conservation measures. What is the tendency of landowners when the resource is already at risk?

Gender influences decisions to change land use practices in the tropical forest margins of Jambi, Indonesia

Investigating farmers' preferences for the design of agri-environment schemes: a choice experiment approach

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