Effort for money? Farmers' rationale for participation in agri-environment measures with different implementation complexity

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-120

  Van Herzele, Ann ^a   Gobin, Anne ^b   Van Gossum, Peter ^a   Acosta, Lilibeth ^c,d   Waas, Tom ^e   Dendoncker, Nicolas ^f   Henry de Frahan, Bruno ^g  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agri environmental management; Biodiversity; Common Agricultural Policy; Farmer motivations; Logical analysis; Participation styles

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; CASE-STUDIES; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FARMER MOTIVATION; IMPLEMENTATION COMPLEXITY; LOGICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATION STYLE; SIMPLE++;

BIODIVERSITY;

ELEMENT;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIODIVERSITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; AGRIENVIRONMENT MEASURES; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CATALYSIS; CONSULTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; MONEY; MOTIVATION;

BELGIUM;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FARMER MOTIVATIONS; LOGICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATION STYLES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84886292568     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.09.030     Document Type: Article

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