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| Title: | Factors Affecting Farmers' Participation in Agri-Environmental Measures: Evidence from a Case Study |
| Authors: | Defrancesco, Edi
Gatto, Paola
Runge, C. Ford
Trestini, Samuele |
| Authors (Email): | Runge, C. Ford (runge001@umn.edu) |
| Keywords: | agri-environmental schemes
farmers’ participation
attitudes |
| Issue Date: | 2006-08 |
| Series/Report no.: | Proceedings of the 10th Joint Conference on Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, August 27-30, 2006, Duluth, Minnesota |
| Abstract: | Starting from the McSharry reform in 1992, environmental conservation and minimization of negative
agricultural impacts through adoption of agri-environmental farming practices have gained momentum
within the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Agenda 2000 and the recent issuing of Regulation
1698/2005 – with its strong accent on CAP’s second pillar – have further emphasized the need to reduce
environmental risks within the context of sustainable and integrated rural development. Nowadays, agrienvironmental
measures are the only compulsory measure for Member States in the Rural Development
Programs. The result of this shift in CAP objectives is the increased agri-environmental spending in the total
EU agricultural budget and the parallel growth in farmland enrolled in agri-environment measures
throughout Europe in the last decade. Since the start of the new policy trend, the EU has invested
considerable effort in monitoring and evaluating its impacts on the various environmental items and
progress has been made. However, less is known so far on the factors inducing farmers’ participation in the
agri-environmental programs. This paper aims to explore this field taking the Veneto Region of Italy as a
case study. The framework for the analysis is represented by the four main agri-environmental actions in
place in the Veneto Region in the period 2000-2006, with their main objectives, eligibility criteria, ranking
priorities and budget assigned. Farmers’ behavior has been explained via farm characteristics, farmland
structure, as well farmers’ socio-economic profile, attitudes and perceptions towards agri-environmental
measures. These variables have been collected in a survey of participating and non-participating farmers.
This is crucial information that can affect policy success and therefore needed for further policy design. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/6688 |
| Institution/Association: | University of Minnesota>Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy>Conference Papers |
| Total Pages: | 26 |
| Collections: | Conference Papers
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