Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy

C Brown, E Kovács, I Herzon, S Villamayor-Tomas… - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has failed to achieve its
aim of preserving European farmland biodiversity, despite massive investment in subsidies …

Creative destruction or creative enhancement? Understanding the transformation of rural spaces

CJA Mitchell - Journal of rural studies, 2013 - Elsevier
For more than fifty years, rural scholars have demonstrated the increasing fluidity and
dynamism of rural spaces. In select locales, quotidian activity has given way to hedonic …

[HTML][HTML] Are result-based schemes a superior approach to the conservation of High Nature Value grasslands? Evidence from Slovenia

T Šumrada, B Vreš, T Čelik, U Šilc, I Rac, A Udovč… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we explored the potential of the payment-by-results approach in supporting the
maintenance of High Nature Value (HNV) grasslands in a typical HNV farming system and …

Analysis of Agri-Environmental Management Practices and Their Implementation in the Agricultural Policies of the Republic of Serbia

J Vapa Tankosić, R Prodanović, V Medović - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The subject of the research is focused on the application of agri-environmental management
practices in the agricultural policies of the Republic of Serbia. The research, in the first part …

[HTML][HTML] Combining management plans and payment schemes for targeted grassland conservation within the Habitats Directive in Saxony, Eastern Germany

S Lakner, Y Zinngrebe, D Koemle - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
As central policies for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes in the European
Union (EU), the Habitats Directive and Agri-environmental programmes (AEP) have largely …

Facilitation of public Payments for Ecosystem Services through local intermediaries: An institutional analysis of agri‐environmental measure implementation in …

S Schomers, C Meyer, B Matzdorf… - … Policy and Governance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Economic instruments for the management of natural resources and ecosystem services
governance have gained importance over the past few years. The development and …

[HTML][HTML] A survey exploring private farm advisor perspectives of agri-environment schemes: The case of England's Environmental Stewardship programme

AP Hejnowicz, MA Rudd, PCL White - Land Use Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Most stakeholder-based research concerning agri-environmental schemes (AES) derives
from work engaging with farmers and land managers. Consequently, the voices and …

[PDF][PDF] Agricultural policy for biodiversity: Facilitators and barriers for transformation

S Lakner, C Schleyer, J Schmidt… - SUSTAINABLE LIFE ON …, 2021 - library.oapen.org
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the largest agricultural policy systems
worldwide (Pe'er et al. 2019), with a financial allocation of EUR 58.4 billion in 2019 (EC …

[HTML][HTML] Producers' Perception of the Benefits of Farm Certification: The Case of the National Good Agricultural Practices Programme

M Pink, M Niewiadomski, K Grochola, A Gorczyca - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The objectives of this study were to assess the perception of a national certification
programme for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), specifically IPR (Integrated Plant …

Does cadastral division of area-based ecosystem services obstruct comprehensive management?

H Vejre, JP Vesterager, PS Andersen, AS Olafsson… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Management of ecological entities in agricultural landscapes is often challenged by a
complex ownership structure governed by a cadastral system dictated by agricultural …