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Agri-environmental schemes (AES) have had a limited effect on European agriculture due to farmers’ reluctance to participate. Information on how farmers react when AES characteristics are modified can be an important input to the design of such policies. This paper investigates farmers’ preferences for different design options in a specific AES aimed at encouraging nitrogen fixing crops in marginal dry-land areas in Spain. We use a choice experiment survey conducted in two regions (Aragón and Andalusia). The analysis employs an error component random parameter logit model allowing for preference heterogeneity and correlation amongst the non-Status Quo alternatives. Farmers show a strong preference for maintaining their current management strategies; however significant savings in cost or increased participation can be obtained by modifying some AES attributes
Author(s): Espinosa-Goded M, Barreiro-Hurlé J, Ruto E
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Agricultural Economics
Year: 2010
Volume: 61
Issue: 2
Pages: 259-273
Print publication date: 01/03/2010
Date deposited: 11/05/2012
ISSN (print): 0021-857X
ISSN (electronic): 1477-9552
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2010.00244.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2010.00244.x
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