Do outcome or input risks limit adoption of environmental projects: Rehabilitating gullies in Great Barrier Reef catchments

Star, Megan; Rolfe, John; Barbi, Emily

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.03.005

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“…( 2)). We expect that due to the novelty of the program, especially farmers' (potentially heterogeneous) expectations concerning yield effects and production risks of the pesticide-free production system will play an important role in adoption (Lequin et al, 2019;Pannell, 2003;Reimer et al, 2012;Star et al, 2019). Farmers' experiences with pesticide-free production and their risk preferences are expected to influence how these uncertainties are weighed in the farmers' decisions (Serra et al, 2008).…”

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Pesticide-free but not organic: Adoption of a large-scale wheat production standard in Switzerland

Möhring

Finger

2022

Food Policy

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The sustainable intensification of agriculture requires solutions for a large-scale reduction of pesticide use while sustaining agricultural yields. Pesticide-free production standards, which bring together the strengths of all the food value chain actors, could be a cornerstone of this transformation. In Switzerland, a non-organic, private-public standard for pesticide-free wheat production is currently being introduced by the producer organization IP-SUISSE. It is the first of its kind in Europe and may reach a market share of 50% of Swiss wheat production. We here assess the determinants of farmers' participation and willingness to participate in the future. For our analysis, we combine a survey of the entire population of IP-SUISSE wheat producers (4749 farmers, 23.3% response rate) with data on historical farm-level wheat yields, soil properties, weather, climate, weed pressure, and spread of herbicide resistance. Our results indicate that a large-scale establishment of pesticide-free wheat production in Switzerland is possible. We find that farmers' perceptions of positive environmental effects of the production program are key for adoption. Moreover, farmers' expectations of the program's production effects play a central role. Farmers perceiving large yield losses and increases in production risks are less likely to enter the program. Based on our results, we discuss implications, leverage points, and challenges for designing and implementing large-scale pesticide-free production programs.

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Section: Iii) Farmers' Perceptions and Expectationsmentioning

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Pesticide-free but not organic: Adoption of a large-scale wheat production standard in Switzerland

Möhring

Finger

2022

Food Policy

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“…This indicates that farmers care not only about the economic incentives of the contracts but also of their "reputation" (Villamayor-Tomas et al, 2019), which can be tested through attributes exhibiting neighbor-effect. 'Risk' is another prescription attribute that has only been used in one study (in Star et al, 2019). Though many other AES studies talk about farmers' perceptions of risk and uncertainty as core reasons for non-participation (e.g., Hellerstein et al, 2015;Schilizzi & Latacz-Lohmann, 2016;Whitten et al, 2013;etc.…”

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“…'Risk' is another attribute that has been used in the study by Star et al (2019) that explored how input or outcome risk limits the farmers' willingness to implement environmental measures. Their study reported that higher levels of either risk would reduce participation Nidhi Raina et al and increase the compensation amount.…”

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A systematic review of attributes used in choice experiments for agri-environmental contracts

Raina

Zavalloni

Targetti

et al. 2021

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Contract attributes are strong motivators for eliciting farmers’ preferences for a particular agri-environmental scheme. Our study aims to conduct a systematic literature review to highlight the attributes used in choice experiment studies of agri-environmental schemes using the PRISMA framework. We obtained 34 studies for an in-depth review, through which we extracted 32 attributes that were classified into five typologies: ‘monetary’ (7 attributes), ‘general’ (4 attributes), ‘flexibility’ (6 attributes), ‘prescription’ (12 attributes), and ‘purpose’ (3 attributes). Though monetary attributes should theoretically define farmers’ choices; general design and flexibility attributes are more critical for farmers’ participation and willingness to accept. The study also discusses the lesser-used attributes that could be potentially explored in future studies. Thus, our review can be used as a reference by future AES studies to select their bundle of choice attributes and test with a broader range of attributes in their choice experiments.

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“…Rolfe (2016, 2018) used experiments with beef producers in GBR catchments to demonstrate that there is substantial myopia about the effect of their grazing decisions on resource (land) condition. The results of Rolfe and Gregg (2015) and Gregg and Rolfe (2017) also demonstrate that risk factors are important reasons why beef producers in GBR catchments are slow to change their management practices, whereas Star et al (2019) identify that risk factors may limit engagement with government schemes and agencies.…”

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Can extension programs improve grazing management in rangelands: a case study in Australia

Rolfe¹,

Star²,

Curcio³

2020

Rangel. J.

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A key challenge in reducing sediment moving from grazing lands into the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is to encourage beef cattle producers to improve management practices. Excessive grazing pressures cause land degradation, leading to both increased sediment runoff and lower future profits. Although higher grazing rates may be possible (and profitable) in better seasons, slow rates of adjustment to poorer seasons can lead to overgrazing and negative impacts on land condition. For policymakers the challenge is to find mechanisms that encourage or signal producers to be more precise in their management and avoid overstocking. Some of the most common options include extension programs, grant programs that use financial incentives, and regulation. In this paper we outline a conceptual framework that shows why extension may be a more powerful driver of management change than incentive programs, and then test this through an evaluation of a case study program conducted with beef cattle producers in catchments of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The pathway involving landholders to implement management change was through improved efficiency and productivity, as these are the issues that drive ongoing participation in broader environmental programs. The results present multiple lines of evidence to infer positive outcomes of an extension program in terms of changed management practices, which may be expected to generate improved productivity and better water quality outcomes. These can be grouped into three key areas. First, outcomes show positive improvement relative to the Grazing Water Quality Risk framework for the Great Barrier Reef catchments, which is designed to assess the links between land management and water quality. This indicates that resource condition is likely to improve and sediment emissions should be reduced over time. A second outcome is increased landholder engagement and improved understanding of their business and engagement in future programs, which should underpin ongoing adoption. A third outcome is improved management of risk and developing the skills to do this through data collection and monitoring, which should improve management responses in drought years.

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Do outcome or input risks limit adoption of environmental projects: Rehabilitating gullies in Great Barrier Reef catchments

Cited by 10 publications

References 53 publications

Pesticide-free but not organic: Adoption of a large-scale wheat production standard in Switzerland

Pesticide-free but not organic: Adoption of a large-scale wheat production standard in Switzerland

A systematic review of attributes used in choice experiments for agri-environmental contracts

Can extension programs improve grazing management in rangelands: a case study in Australia

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