A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes
Valeria Pineiro (v.pineiro@cgiar.org),
Joaquín Arias,
Jochen Dürr,
Pablo Elverdin,
Ana Ibáñez,
Alison Kinengyere,
Cristian Morales Opazo,
Nkechi Owoo,
Jessica R. Page,
Steven D. Prager and
Maximo Torero
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Joaquín Arias: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Jochen Dürr: Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Pablo Elverdin: Group of Producing Countries from the Southern Cone (GPS)
Alison Kinengyere: Makerere University
Cristian Morales Opazo: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Jessica R. Page: Ohio State University (OSU)
Steven D. Prager: International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Nature Sustainability, 2020, vol. 3, issue 10, 809-820
Abstract:
Abstract The increasing pressure on agricultural production systems to achieve global food security and prevent environmental degradation necessitates a transition towards more sustainable practices. The purpose of this scoping review is to understand how the incentives offered to farmers motivate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and, ultimately, how and whether they result in measurable outcomes. To this end, this scoping review examines the evidence of nearly 18,000 papers on whether incentive-based programmes lead to the adoption of sustainable practices and their effect on environmental, economic and productivity outcomes. We find that independent of the incentive type, programmes linked to short-term economic benefit have a higher adoption rate than those aimed solely at providing an ecological service. In the long run, one of the strongest motivations for farmers to adopt sustainable practices is perceived benefits for either their farms, the environment or both. Beyond this, the importance of technical assistance and extension services in promoting sustainable practices emerges strongly from this scoping review. Finally, we find that policy instruments are more effective if their design considers the characteristics of the target population, and the associated trade-offs between economic, environmental and social outcomes.
Date: 2020
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