Leverage points for governing agricultural soils: A review of empirical studies of European farmers' decision-making

B Bartkowski, S Bartke - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
What drives farmers' decision-making? To inform effective, efficient, and legitimate
governance of agricultural soils, it is important to understand the behaviour of those who …

Agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity and environmental protection: How we are not yet “hitting the right keys”

E Tyllianakis, J Martin-Ortega - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Compensating land managers for the provision of public goods is currently one of the
European Union's flagship policies, and one that that resonates across the globe more …

Understanding farmers' reluctance to reduce pesticide use: A choice experiment

B Chèze, M David, V Martinet - Ecological Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite reducing the use of pesticides being a major challenge in developed countries,
dedicated agri-environmental policies have not yet proven successful in doing so. We …

Nudging farmers to enrol land into agri-environmental schemes: the role of a collective bonus

L Kuhfuss, R Préget, S Thoyer… - European Review of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This article shows that the introduction of a conditional collective bonus in an agri-
environmental scheme (AES) can improve farmers' participation and increase land …

Motivations and attitudes influence farmers' willingness to participate in biodiversity conservation contracts

R Greiner - Agricultural Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasingly, voluntary conservation programs are targeted at farmers to contribute to
biodiversity conservation through tailored on-farm conservation activities. Such programs …

Consumers in a circular economy: economic analysis of household waste sorting behaviour

D Nainggolan, AB Pedersen, S Smed, KH Zemo… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present research provides a quantitative assessment of households' preferences for
different waste separation and handling schemes. We employ a choice-experiment based …

Designing a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program to reduce deforestation in Tanzania: An assessment of payment approaches

D Kaczan, BM Swallow - Ecological Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
Payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs aim to improve environmental outcomes
by providing direct incentives to land managers for the provision of ecosystem services …

[HTML][HTML] Participation in agri-environmental schemes: A contingent valuation study of farmers in Ireland

E McGurk, S Hynes, F Thorne - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Agri-environment schemes (AES) are an important part of agricultural policy within Europe.
They seek to achieve important goals with regards to biodiversity and the protection of …

Households' willingness to accept compensation for agricultural waste recycling: taking biogas production from livestock manure waste in Hubei, PR China as an …

K He, J Zhang, Y Zeng, L Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
The problem of agricultural waste pollution has aroused wide concern around the world. An
effective measure to solve this problem is to implement the compensation policy so as to …

[HTML][HTML] Design considerations of a choice experiment to estimate likely participation by north Australian pastoralists in contractual biodiversity conservation.

R Greiner, M Bliemer, J Ballweg - Journal of choice modelling, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the experimental design process and considerations of a choice
experiment conducted in collaboration with farmers in northern Australia. The purpose of the …