Promoting farmer uptake of agri-environment schemes: the Countryside Stewardship Arable Options Scheme

Morris, Joe; Mills, Jane; Crawford, Ian

doi:10.1016/s0264-8377(00)00021-1

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“…Morris et al 2000 This study aimed to understand farmers' attitudes towards and willingness to participate in the Arable Field Margins option of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.…”

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What factors influence the effectiveness of financial incentives on long-term natural resource management practice change?

Swann¹,

Richards²

2016

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Financial incentives are used by natural resource management organisations to encourage landholders to adopt sustainable practices where the outcomes on a farm scale may be negative or marginal. There is a growing body of research aimed at understanding why landholders do or do not agree to participate in financial incentive programs, however research that considers when and how financial incentives work to bring about long-term behaviour change is relatively immature. The purpose of this review is to answer the question 'What factors influence the effectiveness of financial incentives on long-term natural resource management practice change?' In synthesising the evidence, it was found that there are numerous characteristics of the practice change itself, along with the program design and implementation, which are important to understand long-term behaviour change. These include whether inexpensive maintenance or long-term funding is available; whether the changes are relatively simple to sustain; whether the program involves structural changes; whether there is land use rigidity; and whether the changes have resulting environmental benefits that are highly observable. Additionally, it is advisable for programs that use financial incentives to include the following program features: ongoing extension support and a focus on building relationship and trust; flexibility in how the practice change is applied; active landholder involvement from planning to evaluation; and contract length that is appropriate for the complexity of the NRM practice. These characteristics can be used to guide policy makers in their natural resource management investment decisions. There is a clear need for greatly increased monitoring and evaluation of existing programs, both during the program and after its conclusion, in order to more fully understand its long-term impacts and ultimate effectiveness. Finally, landholders undertaking a practice change generally benefit from ongoing support from government natural resource management extension officers.

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“…Morris et al 2000 This study aimed to understand farmers' attitudes towards and willingness to participate in the Arable Field Margins option of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.…”

Section: Moon and Cocklin 2011mentioning

confidence: 99%

What factors influence the effectiveness of financial incentives on long-term natural resource management practice change?

Swann¹,

Richards²

2016

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“…No obstante, según los resultados del modelo en el que únicamente se ha considerado la adecuación técnica de la explotación a los requisitos de la medida agroambiental, el 27% de los agricultores que no conocen la MES son adoptantes potenciales desde un punto de vista meramente técnico. El proceso de implementación de los PAA en España difiere significativamente del observado en otros países de la UE (Morris et al, 2000;Talbot, 2005) o en Australia (Pannell et al, 2006) donde el capital social tiene un papel más activo en la promoción de medidas agrarias sostenibles con el medio ambiente. Sin embargo y a pesar de que el contexto no es óptimo para la implementación de las medidas agroambientales en España, el capital social promueve su adopción por parte de los agricultores.…”

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Estrategias para incrementar la participación en programas agroambientales: el papel del capital social

Barreiro‐Hurlé

Espinosa-Goded

Dupraz

2011

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RESUMEN:El carácter voluntario de los programas agroambientales hace que su éxito dependa del grado de aceptación por parte de los agricultores. La decisión de participación es compleja, ya que está condicionada por una gran variedad de factores. Este estudio amplía el análisis de la elección de la mejor alternativa de gestión para una explotación agraria en presencia de programas agroambientales analizando de manera explícita el papel que juega el capital social. Los resultados señalan la importancia de este concepto, tanto en medidas con escasos requisitos de cambio como en medidas más exigentes para los agricultores. PALABRAS CLAVE: Programas agroambientales, adopción, capital social.Clasificación JEL: Q12, Q58, C25. Strategies to increase participation in agri-environmental programmes:the role of social capital SUMMARY: The voluntary nature of agri-environmental programmes makes their success contingent on the adoption decision by farmers. This is a complex decision which cannot be explained in terms of a single construct. This paper extends the modelling of the selection of the best farm management option in the presence of agri-environmental programmes to consider explicitly the role of social capital, investigating both its structural and cognitive dimensions. The results support the idea that technical aspects alone are not sufficient to explain how best farm management plans are selected and suggest that social capital influences this decision both for low and high change requirement measures. KEYWORDS:Agri-environmental programmes, adoption, social capital. Agradecimientos: Este investigación ha sido financiada por el INIA-MICINN y los fondos FEDER en el marco del proyecto DISOPTIPOL (RTA2005-0020). JBH realizó este trabajo mientras estaba contratado por el programa de incorporación de doctores al sistema INIA-CCAA, parcialmente financiado por el Fondo Social Europeo. Los autores quieren agradecer los comentarios realizados por dos revisores anónimos y el comité editorial a la versión original remitida a la revista. Dichos comentarios han permitido mejorar la presentación del artículo publicado, por supuesto, cualquier error que persista en éste es responsabilidad única de los autores.Dirigir correspondencia a: Jesús Barreiro-Hurle.

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“…There is research on adoption barriers to AES (Falconer, 2000;Barreiro-Hurlé et al, 2008) and factors influencing participation or willingness to participate in schemes (Defrancesco et al, 2008;Vanslembrouck et al, 2002;Morris et al, 2000;Wynn et al, 2001;Wilson, 1997). These studies connect the adoption of soil conservation practices with the particular requirements of the schemes, application procedures, contract administration and prescribed measures, all resulting in transaction costs for the farmer.…”

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Soil degradation, farming practices, institutions and policy responses: An analytical framework

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There is a lack of knowledge about the effectiveness and efficiency of soil conservation policies in agriculture and there is a little understanding of how policy measures should be designed to encourage farmers to adopt soil conservation practices. This paper analyses institutional settings surrounding agricultural soil management in ten European countries based on the Institutions of Sustainability (IoS) framework. This framework considers the interdependencies between ecological and social systems, taking into account environmental conditions, farming practices impacting on soil conservation, different types of actors, policies, institutions and governance structures. The purpose of this paper is to describe the analytical framework and the methodology that all case studies are based on, present and discuss compared findings, outline implications for successful soil conservation policy and draw conclusions on the methodological approach. The case studies focused on the main soil degradation types occurring across Europe which are addressed by a broad range of mandatory and incentive policies. The findings highlight the following issues: (i) the need to design policies that target the locally most common soil threats and processes in the light of agricultural management; (ii) the need to take farming management constraints into consideration, (iii) the need for good communication and cooperation both between agricultural and environmental authorities as well as between governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders; (iv) the necessary mix of mandatory and incentive instruments and (v) the need for data and monitoring systems allowing the evaluation of the effectiveness of policies and soil conservation practices.

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Promoting farmer uptake of agri-environment schemes: the Countryside Stewardship Arable Options Scheme

Cited by 101 publications

References 25 publications

What factors influence the effectiveness of financial incentives on long-term natural resource management practice change?

What factors influence the effectiveness of financial incentives on long-term natural resource management practice change?

Estrategias para incrementar la participación en programas agroambientales: el papel del capital social

Soil degradation, farming practices, institutions and policy responses: An analytical framework

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