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  Can contract farming support sustainable intensification in agri-food value chains?

Weituschat, C. S., Pascucci, S., Materia, V. C., Caracciolo, F. (2023): Can contract farming support sustainable intensification in agri-food value chains? - Ecological Economics, 211, 107876.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107876

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Weituschat, Chiara Sophia1, Author              
Pascucci , Stefano2, Author
Materia, Valentina Cristiana2, Author
Caracciolo , Francesco2, Author
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1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, ou_persistent13              
2External Organizations, ou_persistent22              

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Free keywords: Contract farming; Sustainable intensification; Crop Rotation; glyphosate; flower strips; Discrete Choice Experiment
 Abstract: Sustainable intensification aims to minimise the negative impacts of the current agricultural system while maintaining productivity and economic outputs. This study demonstrates that contract farming is a potential mechanism to support many, but not all, farmers in adopting sustainable intensification practices. A discrete choice experiment on a hypothetical value chain contract introducing three sustainable intensification practices, namely extended crop rotation, reducing agrochemicals and planting flower strips, was conducted with a sample of 314 north-Italian wheat farmers. The results show that permanently eliminating glyphosate from the plot under contract is strongly resisted by farmers, while farmers have less strong preferences between introducing legumes or oilseeds in rotation, and between temporary or permanent flower strips. Findings also indicate that farmers who are more educated, are not members of cooperatives and who generally prefer more flexible sales arrangements are unlikely to be triggered to adopt sustainable intensification practices through contract farming. Overall, this study indicates that while voluntary contract arrangements can be a potential tool to increase uptake of sustainable intensification practices, they will likely need to be complemented with more regulatory approaches in order to bring sustainable intensification practices to scale.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2022-12-192023-05-012023-05-122023-09
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: Organisational keyword: RD2 - Climate Resilience
PIKDOMAIN: RD2 - Climate Resilience
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Research topic keyword: Food & Agriculture
Research topic keyword: Economics
Regional keyword: Europe
Model / method: Quantitative Methods
OATYPE: Hybrid Open Access
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107876
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Title: Ecological Economics
Source Genre: Journal, SCI, Scopus, p3
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 211 Sequence Number: 107876 Start / End Page: - Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/journals107
Publisher: Elsevier