Objective This proposal is related to the design of optimal Agro Environmental Schemes (AESs). It emphasises a series of crucial issues among which, expected environmental impacts, transaction costs and institutional arrangements deserve an intensive research effort. AESs are designed, implemented, monitored and enforced according to heterogeneous patterns that reflect agricultural and environmental diversity as well as institutional differences across Europe. Both environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency are often questionable. A clear understanding of theses issues requires an integrated analysis of farmer's behaviour, institutional arrangements and environmental impacts. The first step of the project is a comprehensive comparison of case-study areas in order to link institutional and contractual arrangements with farmers' uptake and the total cost of AESs, including administrative costs. Indeed, AESs with the same targets are implemented in very different institutional settings and may lead to contrasted environmental and economic outcomes. A second step deals with the modelling and empirical analysis of farmer's behaviour according to different governance attributes of AESs, to explain the interactions between the type of contractual arrangement and the private transaction costs. Based on existing AESs, the simulation of alternative schemes would be carried out. A specific objective is to assess the role of the type of contract and eligibility rules on the provision of environmental goods in a given area. The final step addresses the integration of all available information in a common framework. Expert panel opinion, collected by the Delphi method, will complement the available data measuring AES environmental impacts. Multi criteria analyses will be applied in order to integrate multidisciplinary data, the final outcome being helpful for policy making at different levels including the local one'. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingsocial sciencessociologygovernanceagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturesustainable agriculturemedical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Keywords choice experiment multicriteria analysis policy simulations transaction costs economics Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-1.2 - Tools and assessment methods for sustainable agriculture and forestry management Call for proposal FP6-2002-SSP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE EU contribution No data Address Rue de l'Universite 147 PARIS France See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Costerweg 50 9001 WAGENINGEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution No data Address Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25 GENT See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 6 Kensington Terrace NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE See on map Total cost No data HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN Germany EU contribution No data Address Unter den Linden 6 BERLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via 8 Febbraio, 2 PADOVA See on map Total cost No data TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Ireland EU contribution No data Address Sandymount Avenue 19, Ballsbridge DUBLIN See on map Total cost No data MTT AGRIFOOD RESEARCH FINLAND Finland EU contribution No data Address O-House JOKIOINEN See on map Total cost No data RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS Czechia EU contribution No data Address Manesova 75 PRAHA See on map Total cost No data
