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A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes

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Title A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes
 
Creator Piñeiro, Valeria
Arias, Joaquín
Dürr, Jochen
Elverdin, Pablo
Ibáñez, Ana María
Kinengyere, Alison
Morales Opazo, Cristian
Owoo, Nkechi
Page, Jessica R.
Prager, Steven D.
Torero, Maximo
 
Subject agriculture
agricultural practices
sustainability
incentives
farmers
economic impact
technical aid
extension activities
quality of life
prácticas agrícolas
incentivos
sostenibilidad
 
Description The increasing pressure on agricultural production systems to achieve global food security and prevent environmental degradation necessitates a transition towards more sustainable practices. The purpose of this scoping review is to understand how the incentives offered to farmers motivate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and, ultimately, how and whether they result in measurable outcomes. To this end, this scoping review examines the evidence of nearly 18,000 papers on whether incentive-based programmes lead to the adoption of sustainable practices and their effect on environmental, economic and productivity outcomes. We find that independent of the incentive type, programmes linked to short-term economic benefit have a higher adoption rate than those aimed solely at providing an ecological service. In the long run, one of the strongest motivations for farmers to adopt sustainable practices is perceived benefits for either their farms, the environment or both. Beyond this, the importance of technical assistance and extension services in promoting sustainable practices emerges strongly from this scoping review. Finally, we find that policy instruments are more effective if their design considers the characteristics of the target population, and the associated trade-offs between economic, environmental and social outcomes.
 
Date 2020-10-12
2020-10-27T13:47:53Z
2020-10-27T13:47:53Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Piñeiro, V.; Arias, J.; Dürr, J.; Elverdin, P.; Ibáñez, A.M.; Kinengyere, A.; Morales Opazo, C.; Owoo, N.; Page, J.R.; Prager, S.D.; Torero, M. (2020) A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes. Nature Sustainability 3, p. 809–820. ISSN:2398-9629.
2398-9629
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109995
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00617-y
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 809-820
application/pdf
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Nature Sustainability