We evaluate how the share of farmland enrolled in agri-environmental schemes affects the biodiversity friendliness of management practices both on the overall farmland as well as on the enrolled and non-enrolled plots separately. To this end, we prepare a unique dataset for Switzerland that links farm-level accountancy data to plot-level data on management practices and their impact on organismal biodiversity. Our estimates allow us to calculate bounds for potential spillovers on non-enrolled farmland. We find that these are positive but small in magnitude. The effect on the overall farmland is also positive but again rather small.
Participation in biodiversity schemes and environmental performance: Overall farm-level impact and spillover effects on non-enrolled land.
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 51, (3), 2024, 690-724.
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ISSN Print 0165-1587
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbae018
ID publication (Code web): 56983 Envoyer par e-mail
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