Results-based agri-environmental schemes (AES) seek to overcome reluctance to adopt
other forms of AES in the European Union. Instead of complying with inflexible land …

We investigate the spillover effects in farmers' adoption decisions of a novel pesticide‐free
wheat production system. To this end, we exploit the variability and asymmetry in the social …

Understanding the evidence-based elements that impact the adoption of organic farming is
advantageous for the proper management of such adoption. Our research examines the …

Nitrogen sourced from agricultural fertilizers is a major contributor to water pollution. Despite
policies targeting a range of farming practice changes, the goal of substantially reducing …

Over the last years, there has been an increasing interest in the intersection of collective
action and payments for ecosystem services. This has been motivated, among other things …

To reduce agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, farmers need to change current
farming practices. However, farmers' climate change mitigation behaviour and particularly …

The environmental benefits from Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes can often
be enhanced if private land managers are induced to enrol land in a spatially coordinated …

Agricultural and applied economists have begun routinely using behavioral and
experimental economics tools to answer important questions about agri-environmental …

Abstract Payments for Environmental Services (PESs) are increasingly used to foster
farmers' adoption of greener practices, but their effectiveness is often undermined by low …

The transfer of farmland is an important area of rural development research; however, the
impact of rural social networks has been neglected in studies. The aim of this study is to …