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Are bees attracted by flower richness? Implications for ecosystem service-based policy

A new paper investigates bees' taste for different kind of plants, and gives new insights on pollinator foraging activities

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Does participation in agri-environmental schemes increase eco-efficiency? Here is the answer.

Research on the effectiveness of Agri-Environmental Schemes predominantly examines their environmental impact, with limited attention to economic aspects. Here is a different approach.

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Making bird numbers count: Would Dutch farmers accept a result-based meadow bird conservation scheme?

The paper investigates what agricultural production depends on, based on a hybrid scheme that might enhance farmers' acceptance of agri-environmental schemes.

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A conceptual framework for measuring transaction costs in agri-environmental schemes: an application to the Dutch collective scheme

An insight from the literature on the measurement of transaction costs related to agri-environmental schemes (AES) and the conceptual framework used for it.

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EFFECT launches a state-supported public GIS-tool for rural land users: saving honeybees and the environment

The use of technology is increasingly important in the agricultural sector. It can help monitor production trends, provide data on current crops and forecasts on those for the following season

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Agriculture in the era of the water challenge: how to survive drought and climate change

In Spain, drought is causing irreversible losses to over 3 million crops. Worldwide, water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80 percent of croplands. From new irrigation systems to support funds, experts and EU schemes are testing sustainable answers to a burning question: how to let agriculture survive the challenge of global warming

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The link between context and scheme design in agri-environmental schemes: the successful case of the Netherlands

In response to the urgent matters related to intensive farming, a successful example of agri-environmental collective scheme in the Netherlands uses a mechanism-based approach to investigate the potential of eco-system services. Results show that success is strongly linked to social learning and trust-building mechanisms.

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Investigating the effects of agri-environment measures on Bavarian dairy farms: evidence and results

Agri-environmental schemes are common in the EU agricultural policy, but do they really help improve environmental and economic efficiency? This report analyzes the application of agri-environmental measures on Bavarian farms and finds that they have little effect on nitrogen pollution level

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EFFECT co-learning visit to the farm of Gerke Jilt Veenstra and Noardlike Fryske Walden

Project team and stakeholders participated in a field visit to Friesland province (NL), on April 13th 2023. 

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Working together for the future of agriculture

Joining forces is key in European research. This allows us to investigate deeper and achieve results faster. The last workshop brought together three sister projects in the common challenge towards agri-environment schemes