Key concepts to investigate agri-environmental contracts - shared conceptual framework

Prager Katrin, Matzdorf Bettina, Dutilly Céline, Andersen Erling, Barghusen Rena, Bredemeier Birte, van Bussel Lenny G.J., Dodsworth Jennifer, Espinoza Diaz Salomon, Kelemen Eszter, García-Llorente Marina, Mortelmans Dieter, Moruzzo Roberta, Riccioli Francesco, Rommel Jens, Sattler Claudia, Schulze Christoph, Turkelboom Francis. 2020. Key concepts to investigate agri-environmental contracts - shared conceptual framework. s.l. : s.n., 43

Résumé : The Contracts2.0 project aims to develop novel contract-based approaches to incentivise farmers for the increased provision of environmental public goods alongside private goods. The background to this work is the current imbalance in the provision of private and public goods from agricultural land management. This complex problem can best be addressed by using insights and methods from a range of disciplines. However, for methods and researchers to complement each other and contribute to the project aim, the parts must be brought together as a coherent whole. We developed a conceptual framework which draws on different concepts to explain the issues underlying the delivery of private and public environmental goods from agriculture. This document sets out the key concepts we use to investigate agri-environmental contracts in Contracts2.0. At the heart is our understanding of what a contract is, and which types of contracts will be studied. In Contracts2.0 we will focus on contracts that enhance the provision of environmental public goods and ecosystem services (Concept note 1) through supporting farmers or other land managers to adapt their land use and management. We distinguish three different contract types: 1) Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) contracts including agri-environment climate measures (AECM), 2) Land tenure contracts, and 3) Contracts associated with the value-chain. Two further distinctions among all three contract types are that a) they can have a result-based or action-based contract design and b) they can have a collective or bilateral design. We draw on theories from New Institutional Economics to identify design features of contracts and contract governance. Contracts are inherently linked to costs and payments. We utilise the lens of payments for ecosystem services (Concept note 2) and transaction costs (Concept note 6) to capture these aspects of contractual arrangements. Institutional analysis (Concept note 5) offers a comprehensive framework and methods to analyse the context in which contracts are designed and implemented, taking into account policies and regulations, land tenure and property rights (Concept note 3), as well as actors (contract parties) and outcomes. Collaborative approaches in the delivery of bilateral and collective contracts (Concept note 4) are of particular interest in order to achieve coordinated action and increased environmental benefits at a landscape scale. We identified complementarity and overlap between different schools of thought, but also the different use of terminology in different fields. There are particular synergies between the payments for ecosystem services strand and the (collaborative) agri-environmental management strand. We also found that transaction costs, policy analysis, land tenure and property rights sit comfortably in an institutional analysis framework. The exchange of ideas and the conceptual understanding of the research challenge will be ongoing, but this conceptual framework represents the reference point that the team can use to refine the analysis and interpretation of results.

Mots-clés libres : Agri-environmental schemes, Contract design, Europe, PES

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Programme de financement européen : H2020

Projets sur financement : (EU) Co-design of novel contract models for innovative agri-environmental-climate measures and for valorisation of environmental public goods

Auteurs et affiliations

• Prager Katrin, University of Aberdeen (GBR)
• Matzdorf Bettina, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (DEU)
• Dutilly Céline, CIRAD-ES-UMR MOISA (FRA)

Contributeurs et affiliations

• Andersen Erling, UCPH (DNK) - collaborateur
• Barghusen Rena, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (DEU) - collaborateur
• Bredemeier Birte, Leibniz Universität (DEU) - collaborateur
• van Bussel Lenny G.J., Wageningen University and Research Centre (NLD) - collaborateur
• Dodsworth Jennifer, University of Aberdeen (GBR) - collaborateur
• Espinoza Diaz Salomon, Universita di Pisa (ITA) - collaborateur
• Kelemen Eszter, ESSRG Nonprofit Kft (HUN) - collaborateur
• García-Llorente Marina, UAM (ESP) - collaborateur
• Mortelmans Dieter, INBO (BEL) - collaborateur
• Moruzzo Roberta, Universita di Pisa (ITA) - collaborateur
• Riccioli Francesco, Universita di Pisa (ITA) - collaborateur
• Rommel Jens, SLU (SWE) - collaborateur
• Sattler Claudia, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (DEU) - collaborateur
• Schulze Christoph, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (DEU) - collaborateur
• Turkelboom Francis, INBO (BEL) - collaborateur

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/612309/)

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