Why does France not meet its pesticide reduction targets? Farmers' socio-economic trade-offs when adopting agro-ecological practices

Bjørnåvold, Amalie; David, Maia; Bohan, David; Gibert, Caroline; Rousselle, Jean-Marc; Passel, Steven Van

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107440

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“…This suggests that farmers, influenced by external constraints on pesticide residues and the promotion of green production, are more likely to choose manual weeding to reduce pesticide residues. Additionally, norms within the group or community to which farmers belong were found to influence their behavior, aligning with previous studies showing that group norms influence farmers' intentions to engage in sustainable agricultural practices (Borges et al, 2016;Bjørnåvold et al, 2022). The compliance by surrounding farmers also had a significant positive effect on the manual weeding behavior of farmers in the outsourced group, indicating that the choice of surrounding farmers influences low-carbon production under the influence of peer effects (He et al, 2023).…”

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Impact of pesticide outsourcing services on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior

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et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Introduction: Promoting low-carbon development in agriculture is crucial for achieving agricultural modernization. One practical issue worth studying is whether outsourcing services can encourage farmers to adopt low-carbon production practices. This study analyzes the impact of pesticide outsourcing services on the low-carbon production behavior of farmers to provide China with practical recommendations.Methods: This empirical study investigates the impact of pesticide outsourcing services on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior using survey data from 450 rice growers in the Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces by endogenous switching regressions (ESR) model.Results and Discussion: Results showed that 1) outsourcing services have a significant negative impact on farmers’ manual weeding behavior, leading to a reduction in the frequency of manual weeding; 2) outsourcing services have a significant positive impact on farmers’ herbicide application behavior. In other words, participation in outsourcing leads to excessive pesticide application; 3) outsourcing services do not support a green and low-carbon production model where manual weeding replaces herbicide application. Due to the imperfect development of the outsourcing market in China, especially in the northwest region, the construction of outsourcing service system is lagging, and it is difficult for non-professional outsourcing services to play a driving role in green and low-carbon production for farmers, who will often choose the lower-cost mechanical application for maximum profit. The policy implication of this study is the need for a comprehensive and objective understanding of the impact and role of pesticide outsourcing services on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior. This understanding can help improve the market, policy, and other external environments for farmers to participate in outsourcing, ultimately promoting the sustainable development of green and low-carbon agriculture. This paper adds to the discussion of pesticide outsourcing services and farmers’ low-carbon production by drawing different conclusions from previous studies, providing a fresh foundation for policy-making.

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Impact of pesticide outsourcing services on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior

Yang

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…DCEs have been used to investigate preferences on pesticide reduction measures, showing consumers' significant willingness-to-pay for the reduction of pesticide use for health and environmental reasons [24][25][26]. Farmers too value the benefits of reducing pesticide use [27], but are averse to the risk of substantial losses in production implied by the adoption of lowpesticide practices [28,29]. Regarding glyphosate use, the DCE approach has also been used to show that farmers prefer the use of glyphosate to other alternatives to prevent weed infestation, because it saves work and labor costs, especially on large farms [30].…”

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To tax or to ban? A discrete choice experiment to elicit public preferences for phasing out glyphosate use in agriculture

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In 2023, the European Union will vote on the reauthorization of glyphosate use, renewed in 2017 despite concern on impacts on the environment and public health. A ban is supported by several Member States but rejected by most farmers. What are citizens’ preferences to phase out glyphosate? To assess whether taxation could be an alternative to a ban, we conducted a discrete choice experiment in five European countries. Our results reveal that the general public is strongly willing to pay for a reduction in glyphosate use. However, while 75.5% of respondents stated to support a ban in the pre-experimental survey, experimental results reveal that in 73.35% of cases, earmarked taxation schemes are preferred when they lead to a strong reduction in glyphosate use for an increase in food price lower than that induced by a ban. When glyphosate reduction is balanced against its costs, a tax may be preferred.

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“…At present, the world energy market is also suffering from an unprecedented impact with the spread of the economic globalization crisis. The world energy structure is currently undergoing a transformation, which brings a certain degree of impact on the economic trade and energy import and export of each country [4][5][6]. During World War II in the 19th century, the main conflicts in the world at that time were focused on the competition for resources and territories.…”

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Risk measurement of China's foreign energy investment portfolio based on Copula-VaR

Liu,

Yang,

Leng

2023

3C TIC

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Energy is an important resource for the development of the country, and investment in energy can promote the development of the national economy. Many scholars are currently using Copula models to predict the risk of energy investments to improve investment efficiency. However, most studies are not systematic enough and focus on countries outside of China. We use the Copula-VaR method with the Archimedean Copula function and the Copula-VaR method with the introduction of tail correlation to calculate the energy futures risk. The risk of six different percentages of China's foreign energy portfolio for three futures on natural gas, oil, and coal between January 3, 2015 and December 30, 2021 is calculated and compared to the traditional method. The results show that the risk values calculated using the improved Copula-VaR model are 0.00836, 0.00922, 0.00217, 0.00635, 0.00612 and 0.00827 higher under the 0.98 confidence level than under the 0.96 confidence level. It has a high accuracy compared with the traditional method. The research in this paper provides an idea for the design of energy investment programs in China

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Why does France not meet its pesticide reduction targets? Farmers' socio-economic trade-offs when adopting agro-ecological practices

Cited by 11 publications

References 128 publications

Impact of pesticide outsourcing services on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior

Impact of pesticide outsourcing services on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior

To tax or to ban? A discrete choice experiment to elicit public preferences for phasing out glyphosate use in agriculture

Risk measurement of China's foreign energy investment portfolio based on Copula-VaR

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