Supporting risk-taking as a lever for ecological transition

Le soutien à la prise de risque comme levier pour une transition environnementale

Cécile Aubert, Yann Raineau, Marc Raynal (), Carine Magot, Fanny Gizardin, Dimitri Lély and Philippe Abadie
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Marc Raynal: IFV - Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin
Carine Magot: Les Vignerons de Buzet
Fanny Gizardin: Les Vignerons de Tutiac
Dimitri Lély: Groupama
Philippe Abadie: CHAMBRE D'AGRICULTURE DE LA GIRONDE - Partenaires IRSTEA - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture

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Abstract: Winegrowing accounts for 3% of French agricultural land and consumes 15-20% of phytopharmaceutical products (PPP): it is particularly concerned by the objectives of the Ecophyto plan (-50% PPP by 2025). However, economic considerations are holding back the transition: PPPs represent on average only 5% of production costs, and offer a solid guarantee of the production levels targeted by the winegrower. Yet, aware of the need for an agro-ecological transition, winegrowers are seeking to improve their environmental balance sheets. This improvement is possible thanks to fine-tuned technical measures enabling optimal adaptation of treatments, combined with incentive mechanisms guaranteeing income in the face of the increased risks associated with these more ecological practices. As part of the VitiREV project, an experiment is underway to test the use of insurance as a lever to secure and support producers' compliance with an optimized treatment protocol, under the supervision of economists. For the second year running, two winegrowing cooperatives are testing the adoption of an insurable treatment approach formulated by the Institut français de la vigne et du vin (IFV). They benefit from an insurance contract covering the risk of yield loss due to disease. In 2019, this experiment reduced the treatment frequency index by 35% compared with members' practices.

Keywords: Insurance; Incentives; Phytosanitary Risk; Decision Support Systems; Insured Treatment Protocol; Environmental Transition; Ecophyto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10
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Published in La revue des œnologues et des techniques vitivinicoles et œnologiques, 2020, 177

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