Result-oriented agri-environmental schemes in Europe: A comment

Land Use Policy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 397-399

  Moxey, Andrew ^a   White, Ben ^b  

^a Pareto Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advisory support; Innovation flexibility; Institutional context; Management agreements; Payments by results; Result oriented agri environmental scheme

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; EXPLORATION; INNOVATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TARGETING;

EID: 84901051292     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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