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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0165-1587 1464-3618 |
DOI: | 10.1093/erae/jbae018 |