Policy Integration of Greening and the Agri-Environmental Programs: Lessons to learn from the German Implementation

Sebastian Lakner, Norbert Röder, Sarah Baum and Andrea Ackermann

No 262152, 57th Annual Conference, Weihenstephan, Germany, September 13-15, 2017 from German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA)

Abstract: We analyse the net impacts and the coherence of the ecological focus area (EFA) in Germany. The empirical results show that farmers prefer productive EFA options and refrain from those EFA options that focus on for biodiversity. Empirical results show that simplicity is an important argument for the selection of EFA options, and that larger farms tend to use fallow more frequently. In some German federal states, farmers can combine EFA with Agri Environmental and Climate measures (AECM). However, this option is not predominantly selected. Finally, we provide suggestions to raise the effectiveness of the EFA regulation through better policy integration and simplification.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 2017-08-15
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262152

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