Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) applied to agricultural systems, such as tropical rangelands, seeks to provide multiple services while sustaining food production. However, there is considerable debate regarding the effectiveness of PES programs for changing farmer behavior and enhancing conserv...
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RepoCATIE79042021-12-22T17:41:15Z Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices Garbach, Kelly Lubella, Mark DeClerck, Fabrice A. J. SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES PAGO INCENTIVOS SISTEMAS SILVOPASCICOLAS PASTIZALES CONSERVACION DE LOS RECURSOS COSTA RICA Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) applied to agricultural systems, such as tropical rangelands, seeks to provide multiple services while sustaining food production. However, there is considerable debate regarding the effectiveness of PES programs for changing farmer behavior and enhancing conservation. We interviewed 101 cattle farmers in Costa Rica following the Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Approaches to Ecosystem Management Project (RISEMP) PES pilot (2002–2008). We evaluated adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices—reintroducing trees and shrubs into permanent pastures—that provide varying proportions of public and private benefits; we estimated influence of PES, technical assistance (e.g., farmer training) and information sharing on stimulating their adoption. Our analysis included evaluation of information sharing pathways and accounted for key farm capital characteristics. We found that technical assistance associated with PES had a positive influence on adoption rates, particularly for practices with private benefits of improving rangeland productivity. PES payments alone had the most detectable, positive influence on the adoption of only one type of practice, multistrata live fences, which primarily provides public goods such as biodiversity habitat and carbon sequestration, but are perceived by many farmers to reduce rangeland productivity. Farmers accessed information about management practices through both social and institutional sources. While the RISEMP pilot focused on institutional information sources and technical assistance, future policy design should also include social information networks and consider how farmer-to-farmer communication influences conservation practice adoption. 2015-11-18T06:02:24Z 2015-11-18T06:02:24Z 2013-06-14 Artículo https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/7904 en Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano (MAP). Fase I application/pdf |
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SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES PAGO INCENTIVOS SISTEMAS SILVOPASCICOLAS PASTIZALES CONSERVACION DE LOS RECURSOS COSTA RICA |
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SERVICIOS AMBIENTALES PAGO INCENTIVOS SISTEMAS SILVOPASCICOLAS PASTIZALES CONSERVACION DE LOS RECURSOS COSTA RICA Garbach, Kelly Lubella, Mark DeClerck, Fabrice A. J. Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) applied to agricultural systems, such as tropical rangelands, seeks to provide multiple services while sustaining food production. However, there is considerable debate regarding the effectiveness of PES programs for changing farmer behavior and enhancing conservation. We interviewed 101 cattle farmers in Costa Rica following the Regional Integrated Silvopastoral Approaches to Ecosystem Management Project (RISEMP) PES pilot (2002–2008). We evaluated adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices—reintroducing trees and shrubs into permanent pastures—that provide varying proportions of public and private benefits; we estimated influence of PES, technical assistance (e.g., farmer training) and information sharing on stimulating their adoption. Our analysis included evaluation of information sharing pathways and accounted for key farm capital characteristics. We found that technical assistance associated with PES had a positive influence on adoption rates, particularly for practices with private benefits of improving rangeland productivity. PES payments alone had the most detectable, positive influence on the adoption of only one type of practice, multistrata live fences, which primarily provides public goods such as biodiversity habitat and carbon sequestration, but are perceived by many farmers to reduce rangeland productivity. Farmers accessed information about management
practices through both social and institutional sources. While the RISEMP pilot focused on institutional information sources and technical assistance, future policy design should also include social information networks and consider how farmer-to-farmer communication influences conservation practice adoption. |
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Garbach, Kelly Lubella, Mark DeClerck, Fabrice A. J. |
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Garbach, Kelly Lubella, Mark DeClerck, Fabrice A. J. |
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Garbach, Kelly |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: The roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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payment for ecosystem services: the roles of positive incentives and information sharing in stimulating adoption of silvopastoral conservation practices |
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