Participation in biodiversity schemes and environmental performance: overall farm-level impact and spillover effects on non-enrolled land

Abstract We evaluate how the share of farmland enrolled in agri-environmental schemes affects the biodiversity friendliness of management practices both on the overall farmland as well as on the enrolled and non-enrolled plots separately. To this end, we prepare a unique dataset for Switzerland that...

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Veröffentlicht in:European review of agricultural economics 2024-08, Vol.51 (3), p.690-724
Hauptverfasser: Zimmert, Franziska, Jan, Pierrick, Bonev, Petyo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract We evaluate how the share of farmland enrolled in agri-environmental schemes affects the biodiversity friendliness of management practices both on the overall farmland as well as on the enrolled and non-enrolled plots separately. To this end, we prepare a unique dataset for Switzerland that links farm-level accountancy data to plot-level data on management practices and their impact on organismal biodiversity. Our estimates allow us to calculate bounds for potential spillovers on non-enrolled farmland. We find that these are positive but small in magnitude. The effect on the overall farmland is also positive but again rather small.
ISSN:0165-1587
1464-3618
DOI:10.1093/erae/jbae018