Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes
Sustainable agricultural practices enable more efficient use of natural resources, mitigate the impact of agriculture on the environment, and strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and climate variability. Because these practices usually require substantial effort or resource allocatio...
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| author | Piñeiro, Valeria Arias, Joaquin Elverdin, Pablo Ibáñez, Ana María Morales Opazo, Cristian Prager, Steven D. Torero, Máximo |
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| description | Sustainable agricultural practices enable more efficient use of natural resources, mitigate the impact of agriculture on the environment, and strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and climate variability. Because these practices usually require substantial effort or resource allocation from farmers, incentives are necessary to support farmer adoption. Despite growing interest, there has been little systematic evaluation of the incentives–adoption–outcome chain—that is, which incentives best promote adoption and which lead to desired sustainability outcomes. This brief presents the results of a literature review that examined (1) uptake agricultural practices under three kinds of incentives, market and nonmarket, regulations, and cross-compliance, and (2) the impact on productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. Based on this review, it offers a set of seven tested principles to follow in designing and implementing incentives for sustainable agriculture. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1433722025-12-08T10:11:39Z Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes Piñeiro, Valeria Arias, Joaquin Elverdin, Pablo Ibáñez, Ana María Morales Opazo, Cristian Prager, Steven D. Torero, Máximo agricultural practices agricultural production agriculture literature sustainable agriculture Sustainable agricultural practices enable more efficient use of natural resources, mitigate the impact of agriculture on the environment, and strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and climate variability. Because these practices usually require substantial effort or resource allocation from farmers, incentives are necessary to support farmer adoption. Despite growing interest, there has been little systematic evaluation of the incentives–adoption–outcome chain—that is, which incentives best promote adoption and which lead to desired sustainability outcomes. This brief presents the results of a literature review that examined (1) uptake agricultural practices under three kinds of incentives, market and nonmarket, regulations, and cross-compliance, and (2) the impact on productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability. Based on this review, it offers a set of seven tested principles to follow in designing and implementing incentives for sustainable agriculture. 2021-02-01 2024-05-22T12:13:41Z 2024-05-22T12:13:41Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143372 en es https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00617-y https://doi.org/10.18235/0003228 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Piñeiro, Valeria; Arias, Joaquin; Elverdin, Pablo; Ibáñez, Ana María; Morales Opazo, Cristian; Prager, Steve; and Torero, Máximo. 2021. Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes. IFPRI Brief February 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294042. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural practices agricultural production agriculture literature sustainable agriculture Piñeiro, Valeria Arias, Joaquin Elverdin, Pablo Ibáñez, Ana María Morales Opazo, Cristian Prager, Steven D. Torero, Máximo Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes |
| title | Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes |
| title_full | Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes |
| title_short | Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes |
| title_sort | achieving sustainable agricultural practices from incentives to adoption and outcomes |
| topic | agricultural practices agricultural production agriculture literature sustainable agriculture |
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