Farmers' Preferences for Agri-Environmental Schemes: Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment for the Design of a Farmland Bird Conservation Measure

Buschmann, Christoph; Röder, Norbert

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“…Consequently, the great uncertainty on the farmers' side concerning the complex funding requirements and guidelines discourage the uptake of AECM. Due to the strictness of the guidelines, farmers fear occasionally high sanctions [19]. Additionally, they criticize the limited practical relevance of the programs [14,16,20].…”

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Fostering the Implementation of Nature Conservation Measures in Agricultural Landscapes: The NatApp

2023

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Large-scale, high-input, and intensified agriculture poses threats to sustainable agroecosystems and their inherent biodiversity. The EU Common Agricultural Policy covers a great number of nature conservation programs (Agri-Environment and Climate Measures, AECM) aiming to encourage sustainable agriculture. Currently, farmers are not encouraged to broadly implement these measures due to the lack of structured information, overly complicated and unclear application procedures, and a high risk of sanctions. In addition, the current structures are associated with time-consuming monitoring and control procedures for the paying agencies. Digital technologies can offer valuable assistance to circumvent relevant barriers and limitations and support a broader uptake of AECM. NatApp is a digital tool that supports and guides farmers through the complete process of choosing, applying, implementing, and documenting AECM on their fields in accordance with legal requirements in Germany. We introduce the concept of NatApp and analyze how it can simplify and encourage the uptake and implementation of AECM. This study identifies its unique features for the provision of information and documentation opportunities compared with other digital farming tools focused on sustainable agriculture and outline how it can support farmers to actively contribute to more sustainable agriculture.

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Fostering the Implementation of Nature Conservation Measures in Agricultural Landscapes: The NatApp

2023

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Improving Agri-environmental Schemes: Suggestions from Farmers and Nature Managers in a Central European Region

Zindler,

Haensel,

Fricke

et al. 2023

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Agri-environmental schemes (AES) are important policy instruments within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union for environmental protection. Due to the voluntary nature of AES, their attractiveness to farmers and stakeholders involved in nature management and protection (nature managers) is essential for high participation levels. This study aims to assess farmers’ and nature managers’ ideas to improve agri-environmental schemes. We analyzed suggestions of 825 farmers and 118 nature managers for improvements of AES collected in a large-scale survey in Bavaria, Germany. A content analysis was applied to categorize and compare suggestions by farmers (differentiated into two groups through a cluster analysis) and nature managers. The results reveal that stakeholders were highly willing to share ideas and made detailed suggestions for improvements and individual measures. They were aware of the importance of protecting nature and promoting biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and acknowledged the necessity of (financial) support programs. Farmers placed more emphasis on the practicability and profitability of measures on arable land, while nature managers tended to propose policy-related ideas focusing on nature protection, biodiversity, and specific species. Among farmers, suggestions differed with farm characteristics such as the operation mode (full-time, part-time). These findings can support the design of future AES, accounting for different background situations and thereby increasing acceptability. This includes considering perspectives from different stakeholder groups and creating regionally adapted programs with varying levels of flexibility and practicability.

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Farmers' Preferences for Agri-Environmental Schemes: Findings from a Discrete Choice Experiment for the Design of a Farmland Bird Conservation Measure

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Fostering the Implementation of Nature Conservation Measures in Agricultural Landscapes: The NatApp

Fostering the Implementation of Nature Conservation Measures in Agricultural Landscapes: The NatApp

Improving Agri-environmental Schemes: Suggestions from Farmers and Nature Managers in a Central European Region

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