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Lookup NU author(s): Keishi Ogawa, Professor Guy Garrod, Dr Hironori Yagi
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Upland farming provides important benefits to society. To retain these benefits, measures to encourage farms to adopt practices that balance economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability are required. This study used survey data from a sample of farms located in less-favoured areas in Northern England to identify the trade-offs between the three dimensions of farm-level sustainability and the impacts of farm behaviours on them, including diversification, participation in agri-environmental policies and stakeholder management. Results showed that farm businesses may face a trade-off between improving economic and environmental performance through their decisions about participating in agri-environmental schemes and that strengthening relationships with some stakeholders is critical for achieving sustainability. This suggests that future policy design may simultaneously improve three dimensions of sustainability by promoting environmental conservation activities through non-economic incentives and by encouraging farm businesses to build good working relationships with their stakeholders.
Author(s): Ogawa K, Garrod G, Yagi H
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Land Use Policy
Year: 2023
Volume: 131
Print publication date: 01/08/2023
Online publication date: 09/05/2023
Acceptance date: 23/04/2023
Date deposited: 17/11/2023
ISSN (print): 0264-8377
ISSN (electronic): 1873-5754
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106707
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106707
Data Access Statement: The data that has been used is confidential.
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