Are German farmers ready for a ‘warm restructuring’ of the pig sector?

Insa Thiermann, Daniel Schröer and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann

Ecological Economics, 2023, vol. 209, issue C

Abstract: Recent statutory changes have increased the pressure on the German livestock sector to adapt. This paper aims to ascertain the factors affecting German pig farmers' willingness to join a pig farming exit scheme similar to the Dutch ‘warm restructuring’ programme. The analysis is based on a discrete choice experiment with 346 pig farmers. The results indicate great interest of the respondents in a government-run decommissioning scheme. Differences in the perception of scheme attributes (compensation offered, demolition requirements, restrictions on future barn construction and slurry intake) are highlighted by the results of a latent-class estimation.

Keywords: Livestock decommissioning scheme; Farm exits; Structural change; Latent class model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107853

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