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Do differential payments for agri-environment schemes affect the environmental benefits? A case study in the North-Eastern Italy
Land Use Policy ( IF 6.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104862
Fabio Bartolini , Daniele Vergamini , Davide Longhitano , Andrea Povellato

Abstract Promoting sustainable agricultural systems, maintaining biodiversity, and establishing measures to counteract climate change are the clear objectives of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); however, there is still uncertainty regarding its implementation. At the level of the European Union, the justification for the CAP appears increasingly linked to the translation of policy objectives into results-based measures. Accordingly, in this paper, we estimate a composite indicator to track changes at the farm level and assess the impacts of agri-environment climate schemes (AECSs) on the change in management intensity. As AECS payments are tailored to compensate for the costs and income forgone due to participation in environmentally friendly measures, we assume that any environmental benefits increase with the amount of payment received. We estimate the effects of differential payments on management intensity by applying a generalised propensity score approach to a case study comprising all AECSs implemented in the Veneto region (North-eastern Italy). We find that AECSs have a significant effect on the composite indicator of extensification, but the provision of environmental good differs among the varying levels of payments. Our results contribute in-depth reflections and a proposal for measuring the cost-effectiveness of AECSs to the ongoing debate on the post-2020 CAP regarding AECSs.

中文翻译:

农业环境计划的差异支付是否会影响环境效益?意大利东北部的案例研究

摘要 促进可持续农业系统、维护生物多样性和制定应对气候变化的措施是未来共同农业政策(CAP)的明确目标;然而,其实施仍存在不确定性。在欧盟层面,CAP 的理由似乎越来越多地与将政策目标转化为基于结果的措施有关。因此,在本文中,我们估计了一个综合指标来跟踪农场层面的变化,并评估农业环境气候计划 (AECS) 对管理强度变化的影响。由于 AECS 付款是为补偿因参与环保措施而放弃的成本和收入,我们假设任何环境效益都会随着收到的付款金额而增加。我们通过将广义倾向评分方法应用于案例研究来估计差异支付对管理强度的影响,该案例研究包括在威尼托地区(意大利东北部)实施的所有 AECS。我们发现 AECS 对扩展的综合指标有显着影响,但环境商品的提供在不同的支付水平上有所不同。我们的结果为关于 AECS 的 2020 年后 CAP 正在进行的辩论提供了深入的思考和衡量 AECS 成本效益的建议。我们通过将广义倾向评分方法应用于案例研究来估计差异支付对管理强度的影响,该案例研究包括在威尼托地区(意大利东北部)实施的所有 AECS。我们发现 AECS 对扩展的综合指标有显着影响,但环境商品的提供在不同的支付水平上有所不同。我们的结果为关于 AECS 的 2020 年后 CAP 正在进行的辩论提供了深入的思考和衡量 AECS 成本效益的建议。我们通过将广义倾向评分方法应用于案例研究来估计差异支付对管理强度的影响,该案例研究包括在威尼托地区(意大利东北部)实施的所有 AECS。我们发现 AECS 对扩展的综合指标有显着影响,但环境商品的提供在不同的支付水平上有所不同。我们的结果为关于 AECS 的 2020 年后 CAP 正在进行的辩论提供了深入的思考和衡量 AECS 成本效益的建议。
更新日期:2020-06-01
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