Investigating the influence of the institutional organisation of agri-environmental schemes on scheme adoption

Mettepenningen, Evy; Vandermeulen, Valerie; Delaet, Katrien; Huylenbroeck, Guido Van; Wailes, Eric J.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.12.004

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“…LCAs particularly consider their work to be influencing farmers' perceptions and attitudes towards nature conservation and nature conservation measures; these are the variables with the highest level of affirmation. Farmers' perceptions and attitudes are important drivers in the decision-making process for whether to participate [36,39,41,58,59]. On the one hand, the results as stated by LCAs could indicate that the pure presence of LCAs and their local involvement in the region almost always impacts farmers' perceptions of nature conservation and their attitudes towards the respective measures.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This finding is also in line with other literature. Information and assistance encourages farmers' willingness to adopt AEMs mainly because private transaction costs are reduced [36,40,55,63]. Private transaction costs arise, in particular, up until the point when the final signature is due, i.e., for private information gathering and bargaining and decision-making processes [7].…”

Section: The Importance Of Agri-environmental Information and Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such factors could be too low payment levels, inadequate or inflexible contract terms, too much bureaucracy, high transaction costs, etc. [36,55,58,65], ultimately averting participation.…”

Section: The Importance Of Agri-environmental Information and Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Correspondingly, intermediaries providing such networks and competencies are, firstly, likely to influence farmers' attitudes and perceptions towards nature conservation and PES as well as their willingness to participate in PES [23,35], which have been identified as important drivers influencing farmers' participation within PES schemes [36][37][38][39][40][41]. Secondly, intermediaries providing for well-functioning local networks commonly have access to broader sources of information and can better diffuse information at relatively low costs [26].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Intermediaries with functioning networks have therefore been assumed to exhibit the potential to further improve the environmental effectiveness of PES implementation by providing agri-environmental information and assistance to farmers [23]. The provision of these services before, during, and after PES application processes is generally found to influence farmers' participation positively, not least because it reduces private transaction costs and impacts farmers' attitudes towards PES and willingness to implement PES [36,38,39,42]. Furthermore, if intermediaries provide agri-environmental information and assistance deliberately, it helps to adopt a spatial targeting approach of PES.…”

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confidence: 99%

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How Local Intermediaries Improve the Effectiveness of Public Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs: The Role of Networks and Agri-Environmental Assistance

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Large governmental payments for ecosystem services programs (PES) have frequently been criticized for their limited environmental effectiveness. The use of local intermediaries has been considered as one possibility for improving the environmental effectiveness of such programs. German Landcare Associations (LCAs) have been identified as one intermediary that holds the potential to positively influence the implementation of agri-environmental measures (AEMs). This paper empirically assesses the involvement of LCAs in the context of AEM implementation in Germany. An online questionnaire was distributed to all LCAs in Germany. In a first step, we examine if LCAs (1) provide social networks between stakeholders and (2) provide agri-environmental information and assistance to farmers. In a second step, the LCAs assess (3) their perception of how strongly their work influences farmers' participation in PES schemes and (4) if they pursue the spatial targeting of AEMs. In a third step, we relate the relative level of social networks and the provision of agri-environmental information and assistance to their stated influence on farmers' participation in and spatial targeting of AEMs. Finally we derive overall conclusions on how intermediaries can enhance the effectiveness of PES programs in general.

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Section: The Influence On Participation and Targetingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Importance Of Agri-environmental Information and Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such factors could be too low payment levels, inadequate or inflexible contract terms, too much bureaucracy, high transaction costs, etc. [36,55,58,65], ultimately averting participation.…”

Section: The Importance Of Agri-environmental Information and Assistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How Local Intermediaries Improve the Effectiveness of Public Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs: The Role of Networks and Agri-Environmental Assistance

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

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Economic instruments for the management of natural resources and ecosystem services governance have gained importance over the past few years. The development and implementation of large-scale public Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs as agri-environmental measures (AEMs) depends on complex governance structures and involves diverse actors and stakeholder groups. However, research on intermediaries within PES implementation is still in its infancy. This article begins to fill this gap by providing an institutional analysis of the implications of a particular intermediary within a PES governance structure: German Landcare Associations (LCAs), which may facilitate AEM implementation in Germany. This analysis will identify the institutional challenges and constraints for cost-effective and environmentally effective AEMs. Furthermore, we determine possible further institutional conditions that need to be addressed to better support intermediaries in AEM facilitation. To this end, the authors have determined the institutional framework conditions for the present and prospective future involvement of LCAs as intermediaries in the context of AEMs. A special focus has been placed on implications for corresponding transactions costs. The study is based on an online survey including all German LCAs and exploring LCA staff perspectives on AEM implementation. The results of this study emphasize few but severe challenging factors that adversely affect AEM implementation. We show that intermediaries can alleviate institutional implementation challenges and lower transactions costs, particularly by providing effective agri-environmental information, training and implementational support. The positive effects on implementation are always dependent on the institutional framework and the opportunities and resources provided to the intermediaries.

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Analysing Water Quality Management Through a Social-Ecological Model Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour

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Investigating the influence of the institutional organisation of agri-environmental schemes on scheme adoption

Cited by 95 publications

References 49 publications

How Local Intermediaries Improve the Effectiveness of Public Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs: The Role of Networks and Agri-Environmental Assistance

How Local Intermediaries Improve the Effectiveness of Public Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs: The Role of Networks and Agri-Environmental Assistance

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

Analysing Water Quality Management Through a Social-Ecological Model Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour

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