172nd EAAE Seminar, May 28-29, 2019, Brussels, Belgium

There is concern that unilateral climate action in the EU agricultural sector may cause higher emissions abroad (i.e. emission leakage) and harm the competitiveness of th [...]

The economic literature on Agri-environmental Schemes (AES) largely considers that farmers participate in contracts if the payment offered is superior to their opportunit [...]

This paper describes the four year H2020 project MIND STEP. The overall objective of MIND STEP is to support public decision making in agricultural, rural, environmental [...]

This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies, including agri-environmental subsidies, and the outflow of labor from agriculture. We use more [...]

As part of its international obligations, Ireland faces emission reduction targets with respect to greenhouse gases (GHG). These reduction targets are to be achieved both [...]

Nitrogen deposition is one of the main environmental threats to the conservation goals in areas protected by the European Habitats Directive, a problem that is quite pron [...]

Growing evidence suggests that biodiversity in the agricultural landscape is declining sharply. Farmland birds are particularly affected, e.g. the lapwing (Vanellus vanel [...]

Conserving soil natural capital contributes to human welfare through its delivery of ecosystem services such as food security, water quality and climate regulation as wel [...]