Towards sustainable crop protection in agriculture: A framework for research and policy

Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 104037 - 104037

Published: June 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Quantifying the importance of farmers' behavioral factors in ex-ante assessments of policies supporting sustainable farming practices

Ecological Economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 224, P. 108303 - 108303

Published: July 31, 2024

Behavioral factors have been identified to determine farmers' uptake of the adoption sustainable farming practices. However, coherent consideration empirically behavioral in ex-ante model-based policy assessments is still rare. This study presents an agent-based modelling framework that integrates empirical data on cognitive, social, and dispositional characteristics. Using this framework, we test quantify impact including agricultural policies aimed at promoting Thereby, apply same compare effectiveness results-based payments for climate change mitigation measures precision technologies two Swiss case studies. Our results indicate cognitive (e.g., reluctance change) reduce practices by 20–70% compared simulations using income maximization as underlying decision-making concept. In contrast, social can increase up 40%. We conclude allows improve context addition, these approaches highlight importance instruments complement traditional economic measures, such public support creation networks.

Language: Английский

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Lessons learned and policy implications from 20 years of Swiss agricultural policy reforms: A review of policy evaluations

Bio-based and Applied Economics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 121 - 146

Published: Nov. 21, 2023

Learning from the experiences of other countries can support efforts to improve agricultural policies. Switzerland provides an interesting case because its policy is exceptionally targeted towards establishment sustainable production systems. We describe history and current state Swiss policy, review evaluations reforms, summarise their impact outline lessons learned for developments in countries. discuss four implications: i) some goals have been met, albeit at a high cost, so, increasing efficiency policies key; ii) there need more coherence coordination regarding different programmes (i.e. sense ‘food system policy’); iii) cross-compliance measures minimum standards receiving support) important leverage effect; iv) differentiation (e.g. by spatial targeting) farmers’ discretion over how achieve implementing results-based payments) are key future

Language: Английский

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Non-monetary motivations of the EU agri-environmental policy adoption. A causal forest approach

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 352, P. 119992 - 119992

Published: Jan. 8, 2024

This paper investigates the non-monetary motivations of farmers' adoption agri-environmental policies. Unlike monetary (income) motivations, drivers can not be directly observed but identified from observational data within appropriate quasi-experimental designs. A theoretical justification choices is first formulated and a consequent natural experiment setting derived. The latter admits heterogeneous, i.e. Individual, Treatment Effects (ITE) that, in turn, interpreted terms more targeted tailored policy expenditure. Causal Forest (CF) approach adopted to estimate these ITEs for both treated units. applied two balanced panel samples Italian Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) farms over 2008-2018 period concerns policies delivered through Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Results show how heterogeneous response associated be, thus indicating room efficient design.

Language: Английский

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Tripartite evolutionary game and simulation analysis of agricultural non-point source pollution control

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(6), P. e0305191 - e0305191

Published: June 28, 2024

Agricultural non-point source pollution control (ANSPC) is a complex, long-term and dynamic environmental protection process. In order to motivate multiple subjects participate in ANSPC, this paper constructs tripartite evolutionary game model of local government, village collectives farmers, which explores the strategic choices influencing factors different through simulation analysis. The results indicate that: There are five stable strategy points ANSPC system, can be divided into four stages based on subject interactions. Village should play an intermediary role try coordinate behaviour subjects. ideal evolution state "weak supervise, positive response, active participate", but it cannot realized at present. selection determined by relative net income. Providing penalties requires considering heterogeneity subjects, incentives beneficial for achieving governance. This study provides new evidence understanding multi-agency participation agricultural control, theoretical guidance government formulate differentiated intervention mechanisms, important reference sustainable development goals.

Language: Английский

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A variational model for innovation diffusion under fuzzy uncertainty

Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 473, P. 108724 - 108724

Published: Sept. 21, 2023

We propose a variational approach to study the market penetration of new technologies under conditions spatial heterogeneity in economic factors influencing process and imprecise knowledge about their intensities. Differently from other methodologies that describe adoption terms partial differential equations, we formulate model as minimization problem an appropriate functional with fuzzy coefficients. This permits consider analysis both attractive diffusive forces drive subjective opinions policy makers actual influence exerted by these determinants on decision. Interestingly, our results show different degrees uncertainty lead significantly predictions diffusion and, therefore, methodology could be applied support strategic decisions concerning innovation plans. An application digital transition agriculture is also provided effectiveness government policies.

Language: Английский

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A Modeling Framework of a Territorial Socio-Ecosystem to Study the Trajectories of Change in Agricultural Phytosanitary Practices Under the Influence of the Territory's Ecological and Economic Components

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

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Language: Английский

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Hybrid Subsidies Design for Promoting the Coordination of Environmental Protection and Food Security

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Promoting excellence or discouraging mediocrity – a policy framework assessment for precision agriculture technologies adoption

Precision Agriculture, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(6), P. 2903 - 2920

Published: June 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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