Land Improvements under Land Tenure Insecurity: The Case of pH and Phosphate in Finland

Sami, Myyra; Ketoja, Elise; Yli‐Halla, Markku; Pietola, Kyöisti

doi:10.3368/le.81.4.557

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“…9 Dividing crop yield function into two components where one is constant enables static modeling of growth in response to P-fertiliser. The same approach has been used by for instance Myyrä and Pietola (2005). In our model, the correct level of crop yield is of importance in defining the opportunity cost of land.…”

Section: The Crop Yield Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does scale matter?Cost-effectiveness of agricultural nutrient abatement when target level varies

Iho¹

2008

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Agriculture is facing stringent requirements for nutrient loss reductions. These reductions should be done cost-effectively. For instance, the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) emphasizes cost-effectiveness in reaching good water status in European river basins by 2015. River Basin Management Plans specify the eventual reduction targets, which will differ between the basins. These differences have implications on cost-effectiveness assessments: changing the level of total abatement changes the relative shares of measures in the cost-effective allocation. In this paper we develop a model which determines the cost-effective allocation of three alternative measures to reduce phosphorus loss from fields. The model allows for comparisons with cost and reductions of all possible allocations. We show that, even for homogenous regions, the cost-effective allocation of measures is strongly dependent on the target level, and that using the allocation from one reduction level as a guideline for other levels violates cost-effectiveness seriously. On the grounds of these results we give recommendations for cost-effectiveness assessments in the context of the WFD.

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Section: The Crop Yield Functionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does scale matter?Cost-effectiveness of agricultural nutrient abatement when target level varies

Iho¹

2008

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“…The structural change resulted in one third (750 000 ha) of Finnish arable land being transferred to cultivation under land tenure arrangements. It has also been shown that land improvements are not carried out as well on tenure farmed plots as on owned plots (Myyrä et al 2005). Neglect of land improvements might even lead to technical regress.…”

Section: Elasticities and Technical Changementioning

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Productivity growth on Finnish grain farms from 1976 2006: a parametric approach

Myyrä¹,

Pihamaa²,

Sipiläinen³

2009

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In the long term, productivity and especially productivity growth are necessary conditions for the survival of farms and the food industry in Finland. The natural handicap and small farm size are challenges, but farmers are further challenged by the decoupling of supports and their transformation into direct income payments. Additionally, farmers' actions are limited by some institutional settings that substantially reduce incentives to improve productivity. Technical progress was found to drive the increase in productivity on grain farms in Finland. The scale had only a moderate effect and for the whole study period ) the effect was close to zero. Total factor productivity (TFP) increased, depending on the model, by 0.6-1.7% per year. The results demonstrated that the increase in productivity was hindered by the policy changes introduced in 1995. The cumulative increase in TFP over the study period was at the same level as the measured yearly changes in TFP. The results highlight the nature of grain farming in Finland as well as the challenges in simultaneously taking into account the general trend and yearly variation in TFP.

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“…Hence, one can argue whether such changes, when also associated with yield stagnation and decline, have been socioeconomically sustainable in the long run to, e.g., support wellbeing of farmers, competitiveness of farming, and basic investments needed in agriculture. Basic investments essential for efficient crop production, which have been neglected in particular include liming of low pH soils (Myyrä et al 2005) and maintaining subsurface drainage systems. Such issues are attributable to increasing frequency of leased fields with the aim to increase farm size to gain more area-based subsidies (Pouta et al 2012).…”

Section: Changes In Agronomic Practices Contributing To Yield Trendsmentioning

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Static yields and quality issues: Is the agri-environment program the primary driver?

Peltonen‐Sainio

Salo

Jauhiainen

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The Finnish agri-environmental program (AEP) has been in operation for 20 years with [90 % farmer commitment. This study aimed to establish whether reduced nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) use has impacted spring cereal yields and quality based on comprehensive follow-up studies and long-term experiments. We found that the gap between genetic yield potential and attained yield has increased after the AEP was imposed. However, many contemporary changes in agricultural practices, driven by changes in prices and farm subsidies, also including the AEP, were likely reasons, together with reduced N, but not phosphorus use. Such overall changes in crop management coincided with stagnation or decline in yields and adverse changes in quality, but yield-removed N increased and residual N decreased. Further studies are needed to assess whether all the changes are environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable, and acceptable, in the long run. The concept of sustainable intensification is worth considering as a means to develop northern European agricultural systems to combine environmental benefits with productivity.

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Land Improvements under Land Tenure Insecurity: The Case of pH and Phosphate in Finland

Cited by 52 publications

References 15 publications

Does scale matter?Cost-effectiveness of agricultural nutrient abatement when target level varies

Does scale matter?Cost-effectiveness of agricultural nutrient abatement when target level varies

Productivity growth on Finnish grain farms from 1976 2006: a parametric approach

Static yields and quality issues: Is the agri-environment program the primary driver?

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