Effective Targeting of Agricultural Policies

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“…policy impacts on innovation). OECD (2010 [18]) characterises the cost-effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes as follows: "… the cost-efficient policy instrument is the one that minimises compliance costs while achieving the environmental target." In cost-benefit analysis, the social welfare impacts of a programme or regulation are measured in monetary units.…”

Section: Agri-environmental Policy Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…17 Ceilings to the costs incurred by the recipient to comply with the requirements of the scheme. 18 Compares environmental effectiveness in physical units (e.g. reductions in nitrogen loads) to its costs in monetary value for complying with scheme requirements.…”

Section: Taxonomy Of Agri-environmental Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Policies that are targeted, tailored, that provide flexibility to the recipient and the regulatory agency, and that are enforced and continuously evaluated tend to be more effective and less costly than others (Cattaneo et al, 2005[19]; OECD, 2007 [20]; OECD, 2010 [18]; OECD, 2012 [2]; Lankoski, 2016 [15]). Effectiveness is also enhanced when policies pay for actions that go beyond baselines and when technical assistance is provided (OECD, 2012 [2]; Claassen et al, 2001[21]).…”

Section: Eight Essential Features Of Agri-environmental Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, improving targeting and enforcement often implies higher implementation costs that can only be jointly evaluated with cost-benefit analysis (e.g. auctions combined with performance screens can target policy action and add flexibility for farmers, but they can also have high transaction costs) (OECD, 2010 [18]).…”

Section: Eight Essential Features Of Agri-environmental Schemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This section discusses the characteristics of payment schemes in pilot countries, particularly those that have strong implications on their cost-effectiveness (OECD, 2010 [18]) such as the metrics used as basis of payment (e.g. practices or performance), the mechanisms to select participating farmers, the basis for payment rates, enforcement mechanisms, contract flexibility, training provision and policy evaluation.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Agri-environmental Schemes In Pilot Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Characterising agri-environmental policies

Guerrero¹

2021

OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers

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This report proposes a taxonomy of policy design features for agri-environmental payment schemes, with a focus on those features that are conducive to policy cost-effectiveness. An application of the taxonomy to all agri-environmental payment schemes in six countries (Argentina, Australia, Estonia, Finland, Korea, and Portugal) reveals that more than 70% of 85 agri-environmental payment schemes have some of these key design features, including establishment of baselines; rates based on estimated or actual implementation costs; inspections and penalties; contract flexibility; and technical assistance. That said, at least 80% of the schemes could be improved, including by: use of cost-effectiveness criteria for selecting recipients; moving from supporting the adoption of specific practices to focusing on achievement of environmental outcomes; more regular policy evaluations; and comprehensive collection of information on policy characteristics. An in-depth application of the taxonomy to Korea illustrates the potential of this taxonomy for country policy monitoring and evaluation purposes.

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Section: Agri-environmental Policy Processmentioning

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Section: Taxonomy Of Agri-environmental Schemesmentioning

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Section: Eight Essential Features Of Agri-environmental Schemesmentioning

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Section: Eight Essential Features Of Agri-environmental Schemesmentioning

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2021

OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers

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Functional Land Management: Bridging the Think-Do-Gap using a multi-stakeholder science policy interface

O’Sullivan

Wall

Creamer

et al. 2017

Ambio

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Functional Land Management (FLM) is proposed as an integrator for sustainability policies and assesses the functional capacity of the soil and land to deliver primary productivity, water purification and regulation, carbon cycling and storage, habitat for biodiversity and recycling of nutrients. This paper presents the catchment challenge as a method to bridge the gap between science, stakeholders and policy for the effective management of soils to deliver these functions. Two challenges were completed by a wide range of stakeholders focused around a physical catchment model—(1) to design an optimised catchment based on soil function targets, (2) identify gaps to implementation of the proposed design. In challenge 1, a high level of consensus between different stakeholders emerged on soil and management measures to be implemented to achieve soil function targets. Key gaps including knowledge, a mix of market and voluntary incentives and mandatory measures were identified in challenge 2.

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Smallholders’ perceptions of policies for preserving the traditional Ongole cattle breed of Indonesia

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Agricultural policies can only be effective if intended beneficiaries are sufficiently aware of them. This basic condition for policy success is substantially challenged by smallholder farmers’ lack of awareness of existing support schemes. We studied the perceptions of 600 farmers of preservation policies for the traditional Indonesian Ongole cattle breed. We measured farmers’ knowledge of existing policies, their perceived ease of participation, their participation level and their satisfaction with the benefits obtained. We found that the target group has little awareness of existing policies. Policy awareness increases with education, the less remote the farm is, and with increasing specialization in cattle farming. We recommend therefore that policymakers should simplify and redesign existing policy schemes to create one coordinated policy. The various support schemes currently implemented should be combined in this policy and it should be presented in such a way that is easily understood by farmers. Incentives for Ongole breeders should be tailored, the establishment of farmers groups facilitated, and a breeding and selection programme initiated to improve the genetic potential of Ongole for domestic beef production.

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Effective Targeting of Agricultural Policies

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Characterising agri-environmental policies

Characterising agri-environmental policies

Functional Land Management: Bridging the Think-Do-Gap using a multi-stakeholder science policy interface

Smallholders’ perceptions of policies for preserving the traditional Ongole cattle breed of Indonesia

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