Determinants of farmers’ willingness to participate in subsidy schemes for pesticide-free buffer zones—A choice experiment study

Christensen, Tove; Pedersen, Anders Branth; Nielsen, Helle Ørsted; Mørkbak, Morten Raun; Hasler, Berit; Denver, Sigrid

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“…While AES in these agricultural systems have been previously studied (Calatrava-Leyva et al, 2007;Duarte et al, 2008;Fleskens and de Graaff, 2010;Franco, 2011), to the authors' knowledge none of these works have focused on the ex-ante assessments of farmers' WTA for AES participation, though this is not the case for herbaceous cropping systems (Christensen et al, 2011;Broch and Vedel, 2012). Ex-ante analyses of farmers' WTA for AES participation in permanent crops are opportune now since new AES are being designed for the next programming period, 2014-2020.…”

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“…Their work has focused mainly on the barriers to participation in such schemes (Falconer, 2000;Christensen et al, 2011;Broch and Vedel, 2012), and on improving their design (Ruto and Garrod, 2009;Espinosa-Goded et al, 2010). However, more in-depth knowledge is still needed regarding some important issues such as farmers' willingness to accept (WTA) for AES participation in agricultural systems made up of permanent crops, the inclusion of ecological focus areas (EFA) and collective participation in such schemes.…”

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The design of agri-environmental schemes: Farmers’ preferences in southern Spain

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Agri-environmental schemes (AES) play a key role in promoting the production of environmental public goods by European Union agriculture. Although extensive literature has analyzed AES, some important issues remain understudied. This paper performs an ex-ante assessment of AES in permanent cropping, analyzing several issues that have received little attention from researchers, such as ecological focus areas (EFA) and collective participation. For this purpose, a choice experiment was used to assess farmers' preferences toward AES in a case study of olive groves in southern Spain. Results show high heterogeneity among farmers, with different classes being identified, from potential participants to non-participants. As regards EFA, almost half of the farmers would be willing to accept it for low monetary incentives (€8-9/ha per additional 1% of the farmland devoted to EFA) while the rest would do it for moderate-to-high monetary incentives (€41-151/ha per additional 1% of EFA). However, for a high share of EFA (e.g., 5-7%) higher incentives would presumably be required due to the intrinsic spatial restrictions of olive groves. With regard to collective participation, we find that it is unlikely that farmers would participate collectively with the incentive of the up-to-30% EU-wide bonus. These results are relevant for policy-making now when new AES are being designed for the next programming period 2014-2020.

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“…It has begun to be used to ex-ante assess land or resource users" preferences for the attributes of incentive-based policies, such as agri-environmental *Manuscript (WITHOUT Author Details) Click here to view linked References schemes in Europe (Christensen et al, 2011;Espinosa-Goded, Barreiro-Hurlé, & Ruto, 2010;Ruto & Garrod, 2009), reforestation incentives in China (Grosjean & Kontoleon, 2009), and marine PES (Barr & Mourato, 2012).…”

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Credit-Based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Ecuador

Cranford

Mourato

2014

World Development

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Original citation:Cranford, Matthew and Mourato, Susana (2014). Credit-based payments for ecosystem services: evidence from a choice experiment in Ecuador. World Development. 64, pp. 503-520 ISSN 0305-750X DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014 Reuse of this item is permitted through licensing under the Creative Commons: Covering Letter (WITH Author Details) ABSTRACTThe original conceptualization of payments for ecosystem services (PES) promoted direct payments to motivate the provision of environmental public goods, but market imperfections and behavioral considerations can mean that PES that reduce market constraints are preferred. The main issue with the latter is how to include conditionality. We propose credit-based PES (CB-PES) as an incentive that links an environmental condition with the reduction of a key market constraint. Through a choice experiment in Ecuador, CB-PES was found to be a promising form of PES, with multiple desirable qualities of an incentive as cited in the behavioral economics and PES literatures.

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“…Furthermore, institutional factors pertaining to how a specific programme is implemented was 6 found to influence potential adoption. These include length of scheme and planning horizon, potential development value, bureaucratic load, requirements associated with the scheme, flexibility of conditions, confidence in efficacy of recommended practices and funding certainty (Lynch et al, 2001;Ducros and Watson, 2002;Rhodes et al, 2002;Curtis and Robertson, 2003;Shultz, 2005;Mante and Gerowitt, 2009;Patrick and Barclay, 2009;Christensen et al, 2011;Yu and Belcher;.…”

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Supply of an ecosystem service—Farmers’ willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

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Hynes

Mechan

2012

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In the European Union, mitigation measures to abate diffuse pollution from agricultural land are implemented under the direction of the EU Nitrates and Water Framework Directives. As these measures are implemented in national policies, a review process will look at the efficacy of the measures with a view to recommending further measures as necessary and following scientific and stakeholder consultation. Riparian buffer zones, beyond those zones used as mandatory set back distances for fertiliser and organic manure spreading, have been used as filters in some countries to attenuate nutrient rich runoff and may be proposed as supplementary measures elsewhere. Notwithstanding the ongoing research on the physio-chemical efficiency of riparian buffer zones, this study examined the willingness of farmers to adopt such features on agricultural land. The sample size was 247 farmers in 12 catchments (approximately 4-12km 2 ) in the Republic of Ireland. The survey was based on a proposal to install a 10 metre deep riparian buffer zone on a five year scheme and the analysis was based on principal components analysis, contingent valuation methodology and a Generalized Tobit Interval model. Results from this analysis indicated that famers' willingness to supply a riparian buffer zone depended on a mix of economic, attitudinal and farm structural factors. A total of 53% of the sample indicated a negative preference for provision. Principle constraints to adoption include interference with production, nuisance effects and loss of production in small field systems. Of those willing to engage with supply, the mean willingness to accept based cost of provision for a 10 metre riparian buffer zone was estimated to be €1513 ha -1 per annum equivalent to €1.51 per linear metre of riparian area.

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Determinants of farmers’ willingness to participate in subsidy schemes for pesticide-free buffer zones—A choice experiment study

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The design of agri-environmental schemes: Farmers’ preferences in southern Spain

The design of agri-environmental schemes: Farmers’ preferences in southern Spain

Credit-Based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Ecuador

Supply of an ecosystem service—Farmers’ willingness to adopt riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

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