Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/304907 
Title (translated): 
Factors affecting Participation and Compensation Requirements in Agri-Environmental Schemes: Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] German Journal of Agricultural Economics (GJAE) [ISSN:] 2191-4028 [Volume:] 62 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 244-258
Publisher: 
Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract (Translated): 
This paper uses data from a discrete choice experiment to investigate the factors affecting participation in agri-environmental schemes in Eiderstedt and Südtondern, two grassland regions in Schleswig-Holstein. As expected, higher payment rates increase farmers' willingness to sign a conservation contract whereas stricter management prescriptions reduce participation. Besides contract design variables, a number of farm-specific variables affect farmers' willingness to participate. Farmers, for instance, with previous experience in agri-environmental contracting are more likely to choose a contract than those without such experience. Our estimates of marginal willingness-to-accept show that farmers regard contractual obligations relating to fertilizer use and mowing dates as particularly demanding, resulting in high compensation requirements of €100 - 200 per hectare. Farms with high land use intensities - e.g. high stocking rates or low shares of permanent pasture - request higher compensation payments than less intensive farms.
Subjects: 
Naturschutz
Anreiz
Grasland
Diskrete Entscheidung
Schleswig-Holstein
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Document Type: 
Article

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