Understanding farmers' motivations for providing unsubsidised environmental benefits
Understanding farmers' motivations for providing unsubsidised environmental benefits
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.053
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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7.1
通讯作者：
Chaplin, Stephen
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作者：
Mills, Jane;Gaskell, Peter;Chaplin, Stephen
本文考察了农民自愿、无补贴、有益于环境的做法的动机。它在一群英国农民中确定了主要是可耕地上的无补贴环境活动的数量，并探索了开展这种无补贴活动的外在和内在动机的程度。利用英国对1,345名农民进行的全国调查的答复、对60名农民的深入面对面访谈和对现有农业环境计划数据的分析，确定了在可耕地上开展补贴和非补贴环境活动的程度。此外，还可以确定和比较有补贴和无补贴的环境活动背后的动机，并了解这两种类型的活动在农场规模上的相互作用。研究发现，英格兰所有在可耕种农场进行的环境活动中，约有25%是没有补贴的，尽管其中一些活动与补贴活动并存。开展有补贴和无补贴的环境活动的动机明显不同。经济原因主导了农民从事补贴农业环境计划实践的动机，而农艺和环境动机对非补贴活动更重要。数据分析还显示，农业环境计划超额认购，相当数量的环境活动是在没有付费的情况下进行的。从政策的角度来看，了解现有无补贴环境活动的动机是有帮助的，因为这可以为设计建议和信息框架提供信息，以鼓励采用更广泛的自愿环境行为。
This paper examines farmers' motivations for voluntary unsubsidised practices that benefit the environment. It identifies amongst a group of English farmers the amount of unsubsidised environmental activities on mainly arable land, and explores the extent to which motivations are extrinsic and intrinsic for undertaking this unsubsidised activity. Using responses from a national survey in England of 1,345 farmers, in-depth face-to-face interviews with 60 farmers and an analysis of existing agri-environment scheme data, the extent to which subsidised and unsubsidised environmental activity is undertaken on arable land was identified. Furthermore, it was also possible to identify and compare the motivations behind subsidised and unsubsidised environmental activity and to understand the interaction between these two types of activity at the farm scale. The research found that around 25% of all environmental activity undertaken on arable farms in England is unsubsidised, although some of this activity sits alongside subsidised activity. There were clear differences between the motivations for undertaking subsidised and unsubsidised environmental activities. Financial reasons dominated farmers' motivations for engaging in subsidised agri-environment scheme practices, whilst agronomic and environmental motivations were of greater importance for unsubsidised activity. Data analysis also revealed oversubscription in agri-environment schemes, with a considerable amount of environmental activity occurring without payment. From a policy perspective it is helpful to understand motivations for existing unsubsidised environmental activity as this can inform the design of advice and message framing to encourage uptake of more widespread voluntary environmental behaviour.