Economic and environmental impact of the CAP mid-term review on arable crop farming in South-western France

Mosnier, Claire; Ridier, Aude; Képhaliacos, Charilaos; Carpy-Goulard, Françoise

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.10.001

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“…After an analytical comparative static analysis of the adoption problem of new farming practices under limited labor resource and under risk aversion (Sandmo, 1971), a mathematical programming model of direct maximization of expected utility is proposed. These kinds of models have been extensively applied for farm-level or sector studies and are well suited to embracing mixed ecological-economic analysis (Lambert et al, 1985;Falconer and Hodge, 2001;Lien and Hardaker, 2001;De Koeijer et al, 1999;Havlik et al, 2008;Mosnier et al, 2009). The model is numerically developed on a case study of specialized crop farms in Southwestern France.…”

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The role of risk aversion and labor constraints in the adoption of low input practices supported by the CAP green payments in cash crop farms

Ridier¹,

Ghali²,

Képhaliacos³

2013

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Since the late 1980s, many alternative practices have been proposed to European farmers to reduce pesticide and input use in general. These practices have been promoted by agro-environmental contracts signed between individual farmers and the European Union and by which farmers engage themselves in changing their practices. The adoption rate of these measures has remained very low in many European regions particularly in Southwestern France. This article aims at stressing the role played by risk attitude and labor constraint in farmers’ adoption decision. After presenting a static theoretical model which assesses the impact of labor constraints and risk attitude on the level of adoption of low input practices supported by agro-environmental contracts, the article proposes a numerical application based on a mathematical programming risk-model implemented on two typical crop farms in South-western France. Three kinds of contracts (no tillage, long rotation, lower pest treatments) are tested, two of them (long rotation and lower pest treatments) aiming at directly reducing input use. The results show that, despite the overall positive impact of alternative practices under contract on environment and farmers’ income, increased yield variability under positive risk aversion and larger labor requirements are actual barriers to adoption.Depuis la fin des années 1980, plusieurs pratiques alternatives ont été soutenues dans le cadre de programmes agro-environnementaux, par des contrats volontaires signés entre l’Union Européenne et les agriculteurs, par lesquels ceux-ci s’engagent à changer durablement leurs pratiques. Le taux d’adoption de ces contrats est resté très faible dans beaucoup de pays de l’UE et dans le sud-ouest de la France en particulier. Cet article vise à analyser le rôle du comportement par rapport au risque et des contraintes de travail sur la décision d’adoption de ces pratiques. Après avoir présenté un modèle théorique statique pour montrer l’impact du risque et du facteur travail dans l’adoption de pratiques à bas niveau d’intrants, nous proposons une application à l’aide d’un modèle de programmation mathématique représentant deux types d’exploitations céréalières spécialisées du sud-ouest de la France. Trois types de contrats agro-environnementaux sont testés (zéro labour, rotation longue, diminution des traitements phytosanitaires). Les résultats montrent que malgré l’effet globalement positif des pratiques alternatives sur les indicateurs environnementaux et sur le revenu des agriculteurs, la variabilité plus forte des rendements, en présence d’aversion au risque positive, ainsi que de plus forts besoins en travail sont des barrières importantes à l’adoption

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The role of risk aversion and labor constraints in the adoption of low input practices supported by the CAP green payments in cash crop farms

Ridier¹,

Ghali²,

Képhaliacos³

2013

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“…Also, they show that environmental outcomes greatly depend on the regional characteristics, and this calls for spatially differentiated environmental policy instruments. 5 Mosnier et al (2009) employ a farm-level bio-economic model to estimate the effect of decoupled payments and cross-compliance measures for two typical arable farms in the Southwest of France. Their results show that if cross-compliance measures are imposed, a small reduction in the cultivated area of irrigated crops is observed and environmental indicators at farm level are improved.…”

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The Effect of Mandatory Agro‐Environmental Policy on Farm Fertiliser and Pesticide Expenditure

Jaraitė¹,

Kažukauskas²

2012

J Agricultural Economics

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EU farmers are subject to mandatory cross-compliance measures, requiring them to meet environmental conditions to be eligible for public support. These obligations reinforce incentives for farmers to change their behaviour towards the environment. We apply quasi-experimental methods to measure the causal relationship between cross-compliance and some specific farm environmental performance. We find that cross-compliance reduced farm fertiliser and pesticide expenditure. This result also holds for farmers who participated in other voluntary agro-environmental schemes. However, the results do not support our expectations that farmers who relied on larger shares of public payments had a stronger motivation to improve their environmental performance.

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“…In this sense, the higher costs that are implied for the farmers to comply with the environmental requirements (Mosnier et al 2008) could become an obstacle, since compliance has become harder.…”

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Environmental Care in Agriculture: A Social Perspective

Salazar-Ordóñez

Sayadi

2010

J Agric Environ Ethics

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At its beginning, the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) did not include measures to guide farmers in preserving ecosystems. At the same time, the social context on the 1960s and 1970s did not encourage environmental care to become a priority. Since the 1980s, new social concern expressed alarm over ecology, recognizing that agriculture can pollute. These social changes moved the CAP to add measures that linked agriculture and environment. In order to study if the EU decision-makers have designed a CAP which responds to a new ethic that incorporates environmental care and social demands, two questions rise: whether the social image of agriculture as a polluting activity has changed; and whether farming performs the environmental functions demanded by society. To answer the previous questions, we have reviewed the environmental aspects added to the CAP, then a poll has been conducted and cluster method and classification tree models have been used to group respondents according to their opinions. The results show that the society ascribes great relevance to the environment for the future sustainability of the region, but they are not satisfied with the role of agriculture in producing environmental outputs.

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Economic and environmental impact of the CAP mid-term review on arable crop farming in South-western France

Cited by 31 publications

References 10 publications

The role of risk aversion and labor constraints in the adoption of low input practices supported by the CAP green payments in cash crop farms

The role of risk aversion and labor constraints in the adoption of low input practices supported by the CAP green payments in cash crop farms

The Effect of Mandatory Agro‐Environmental Policy on Farm Fertiliser and Pesticide Expenditure

Environmental Care in Agriculture: A Social Perspective

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