Agri-environment schemes: Farmers’ acceptance and perception of potential ‘Payment by Results’ in grassland—A case study in England

Schroeder, Lilli Aline; Isselstein, J.; Chaplin, Stephen; Peel, S.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.10.009

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“…For example the current study identifies the contrasting situation of a THM site containing only five positive indicator species and >50% cover of negative indicator species being in receipt of the same payment rate (€314/ha) as a THM site with 19 positive indicator species and <10% cover of negative indicator species. A possible approach to address these challenges is to progress towards measures and schemes that are based on "payment by results", as opposed to "payment by action" (Schroeder et al, 2013). Payment-by-results approaches are based directly on the delivery of an ecosystem service; the more of the service that is provided, the higher the payment.…”

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A comparison of grassland vegetation from three agri-environment conservation measures

hUallacháin¹,

Finn²,

Keogh³

et al. 2016

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

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Semi-natural grassland habitats have declined significantly throughout Europe. To halt the decline, grassland conservation measures have been included in most European agri-environment schemes. This is the first study to compare the botanical composition of grassland habitats managed under the Irish Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS). Sixty fields on drystock pastoral farms in receipt of agri-environment payments for grassland conservation were surveyed, with 20 fields being enrolled in each of the following AEOS options: Traditional Hay Meadow (THM), Species-Rich Grassland (SRG) and Natura 2000 species-rich grassland (Natura). The vegetation quality of sites enrolled in the Natura measure was higher than the quality of those enrolled in the THM and SRG measures. Natura sites had the greatest species richness, with a mean >40 species per site, which included approximately 17 species indicative of high botanical quality. Traditional Hay Meadows sites had the lowest species richness (mean: 29 species per site) and were dominated by species associated with improved grassland. Some THM sites had good levels of botanical richness and were similar in composition to Natura sites, with some Natura sites having lower vegetation quality, more similar to that of THM sites. Species-Rich Grassland had botanical richness that was intermediate between THM and Natura sites. A thorough assessment of the effectiveness of these measures was confounded by a lack of quantitative objectives for the target community composition to be attained. We discuss limitations and potential opportunities regarding the design, targeting, implementation and cost-effectiveness of these agri-environment measures.

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confidence: 99%

A comparison of grassland vegetation from three agri-environment conservation measures

hUallacháin¹,

Finn²,

Keogh³

et al. 2016

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

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“…These studies include a broad range of topics, including deforestation restrictions (SCHMIDT; MCDERMOTT, 2015), forest restoration (GONÇALVES; GOMES, 2014), agroenvironmental measures (GUILLEM; BARNES, 2013;SCHROEDER, 2011), participation in environmental governance (ATARI et al, 2009;DAVIES;HODGE, 2006;DEFRANCESCO et al, 2008;GREINER;GREGG, 2011) and maintenance of ecosystem services (POPPENBORG; KOELLNER, 2013;VIGNOLA et al, 2010). These studies observe various factors that influence the rate and extent of the adoption of conservation practices by rural producers, including (1) economic and financial factors (e.g.…”

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Regularization of Legal Reserve Debts: Perceptions of Rural Producers in the State of Pará and Mato Grosso in Brazil

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The native vegetation on private land is considered a key component in the supply of ecosystem services, so the Forest Code establishes the Legal Reserve. While some studies have showed that non-compliance is common, so far no study has analyzed the willingness of producers to settle this liability. This study aimed to investigate in a exploratory ways the stated preferences and the motivating factors of producers in the settlement of liabilities and use of Legal Reserve surpluses. With this purpose this study has collected primary data through structured face-to-face interviews with 77 producers in 17 municipalities in the states of Pará and Mato Grosso. The results showed four available classes of producers in regulation (positive, inaccurate, inaccurate and negative) and suggest that age, income and the type of agricultural activity are important factors in the decision-making process of farmers in relation to environmental regularization of their legal reserves.

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“…Many authors have discussed this issue from ecological Whittingham, 2007;Concepción et al, 2008), social and psychological (Beedell and Rehman, 1999;Willock et al, 1999;Wilson and Hart, 2000;Siebert et al, 2006;Guillem and Barnes, 2013) and economic (Falconer, 2000;Mettepenningen et al, 2011) perspectives. With respect to the social and psychological aspects, there are numerous studies on farmers' attitudes, perceptions and behaviour towards AES (Herzon and Mikk, 2007;Fjellstad et al, 2009;Giannoccaro and Berbel, 2013;Guillem and Barnes, 2013), the factors affecting farmers' willingness to participate (Sattler and Nagel, 2010;Schroeder et al, 2013) and the design of agri-environmental measures (Schroeder et al, 2013).…”

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Farmers’ attitudes towards the introduction of agri-environmental measures in agricultural infrastructure projects in China: Evidence from Beijing and Changsha

Qian

Duan

et al. 2015

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Agri-environment schemes: Farmers’ acceptance and perception of potential ‘Payment by Results’ in grassland—A case study in England

Cited by 70 publications

References 26 publications

A comparison of grassland vegetation from three agri-environment conservation measures

A comparison of grassland vegetation from three agri-environment conservation measures

Regularization of Legal Reserve Debts: Perceptions of Rural Producers in the State of Pará and Mato Grosso in Brazil

Farmers’ attitudes towards the introduction of agri-environmental measures in agricultural infrastructure projects in China: Evidence from Beijing and Changsha

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