The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study
Innovative agri-environmental contracts are increasingly studied in the literature, but their adoption has been relatively slow and geographically scattered. Action-based agri-environmental measures remain the predominant policy mechanism across Europe. A three-round Policy Delphi study was conducted with policy makers, scientific experts, farmers' representatives, and NGOs from across 15 different European countries, to investigate how and under which circumstances novel contractual solutions could be implemented more widely. The expert panel perceived result-based and collective contractual elements as the most promising. Although considered beneficial from several aspects, value chain contracts were perceived less relevant to the policy environment. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Pillar 2 measures were highlighted by the experts as the key policy area to implement novel contracts by national or regional authorities, but Pillar 1 eco-schemes, being launched in the CAP 2023–2027, were also considered as a potentially suitable framework for testing and implementation. The Delphi panel envisaged innovative contracts should be adopted by governments in iterative steps and not as a complete substitute for current payment schemes, but rather as an additional incentive to them. Such an incremental approach allows contractual innovations to capitalise on existing best practices. But it also implies the risk that innovative contracts could remain marginal and fail to substantially change farmers' behaviour, resulting in a failure to improve environmental conditions.
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dig-cirad-fr-6047092024-01-18T15:13:56Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/604709/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/604709/ The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study. Kelemen Eszter, Megyesi Boldizsár, Matzdorf Bettina, Andersen Erling, van Bussel Lenny G.J., Dumortier Myriam, Dutilly Céline, García-Llorente Marina, Hamon Christine, LePage Annabelle, Moruzzo Roberta, Prager Katrin, Riccioli Francesco, Yacamán-Ochoa Carolina. 2023. Land Use Policy, 131:106706, 12 p.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106706 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106706> The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study Kelemen, Eszter Megyesi, Boldizsár Matzdorf, Bettina Andersen, Erling van Bussel, Lenny G.J. Dumortier, Myriam Dutilly, Céline García-Llorente, Marina Hamon, Christine LePage, Annabelle Moruzzo, Roberta Prager, Katrin Riccioli, Francesco Yacamán-Ochoa, Carolina eng 2023 Land Use Policy E10 - Économie et politique agricoles P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières Innovative agri-environmental contracts are increasingly studied in the literature, but their adoption has been relatively slow and geographically scattered. Action-based agri-environmental measures remain the predominant policy mechanism across Europe. A three-round Policy Delphi study was conducted with policy makers, scientific experts, farmers' representatives, and NGOs from across 15 different European countries, to investigate how and under which circumstances novel contractual solutions could be implemented more widely. The expert panel perceived result-based and collective contractual elements as the most promising. Although considered beneficial from several aspects, value chain contracts were perceived less relevant to the policy environment. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Pillar 2 measures were highlighted by the experts as the key policy area to implement novel contracts by national or regional authorities, but Pillar 1 eco-schemes, being launched in the CAP 2023–2027, were also considered as a potentially suitable framework for testing and implementation. The Delphi panel envisaged innovative contracts should be adopted by governments in iterative steps and not as a complete substitute for current payment schemes, but rather as an additional incentive to them. Such an incremental approach allows contractual innovations to capitalise on existing best practices. But it also implies the risk that innovative contracts could remain marginal and fail to substantially change farmers' behaviour, resulting in a failure to improve environmental conditions. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/604709/1/kelemen%202023%20delphi_LUP%20.pdf text cc_by_nc info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106706 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106706 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106706 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106706 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/818190//(EU) Co-design of novel contract models for innovative agri-environmental-climate measures and for valorisation of environmental public goods/Contracts2.0 |
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Innovative agri-environmental contracts are increasingly studied in the literature, but their adoption has been relatively slow and geographically scattered. Action-based agri-environmental measures remain the predominant policy mechanism across Europe. A three-round Policy Delphi study was conducted with policy makers, scientific experts, farmers' representatives, and NGOs from across 15 different European countries, to investigate how and under which circumstances novel contractual solutions could be implemented more widely. The expert panel perceived result-based and collective contractual elements as the most promising. Although considered beneficial from several aspects, value chain contracts were perceived less relevant to the policy environment. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Pillar 2 measures were highlighted by the experts as the key policy area to implement novel contracts by national or regional authorities, but Pillar 1 eco-schemes, being launched in the CAP 2023–2027, were also considered as a potentially suitable framework for testing and implementation. The Delphi panel envisaged innovative contracts should be adopted by governments in iterative steps and not as a complete substitute for current payment schemes, but rather as an additional incentive to them. Such an incremental approach allows contractual innovations to capitalise on existing best practices. But it also implies the risk that innovative contracts could remain marginal and fail to substantially change farmers' behaviour, resulting in a failure to improve environmental conditions. |
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Kelemen, Eszter Megyesi, Boldizsár Matzdorf, Bettina Andersen, Erling van Bussel, Lenny G.J. Dumortier, Myriam Dutilly, Céline García-Llorente, Marina Hamon, Christine LePage, Annabelle Moruzzo, Roberta Prager, Katrin Riccioli, Francesco Yacamán-Ochoa, Carolina |
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Kelemen, Eszter Megyesi, Boldizsár Matzdorf, Bettina Andersen, Erling van Bussel, Lenny G.J. Dumortier, Myriam Dutilly, Céline García-Llorente, Marina Hamon, Christine LePage, Annabelle Moruzzo, Roberta Prager, Katrin Riccioli, Francesco Yacamán-Ochoa, Carolina |
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The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study |
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The prospects of innovative agri-environmental contracts in the European policy context: Results from a Delphi study |
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