We estimate farmers’ preferences for outcome-based (or results-based) payment for ecosystem service scheme in Japan. To this end, we use a two-stage stated preference approach—the first stage models farmers’ decisions to adopt outcome-based contracts using a discrete choice experiment. The second stage estimates the areas of land which farmers who choose to participate will enrol in the scheme. Based on a sample of 333 respondents, our results show that most farmers are willing to participate in outcome-based contacts. A variety of contract attributes are found to influence farmers’ decisions on participation. However, once a farmer decides to participate, their decision on how much farmland to enrol in is likely to be influenced solely by the per-hectare payment. Therefore, to encourage more farmers to participate and enrol more farmland, policy-makers’ decisions on the level of payments offered are critically important.

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日本农民对基于结果的生态系统服务支付计划的偏好

我们估计了日本农民对基于结果（或基于结果）支付生态系统服务计划的偏好。为此，我们使用了两阶段陈述偏好方法——第一阶段使用离散选择实验模拟农民采用基于结果的合同的决定。第二阶段估算选择参与的农民将参加该计划的土地面积。基于 333 名受访者的样本，我们的结果表明，大多数农民愿意参与基于结果的联系。发现多种合同属性会影响农民的参与决策。然而，一旦农民决定参与，他们决定注册多少农田可能仅受每公顷支付的影响。因此，为鼓励更多农民参与，增加耕地入户，