Technical insights from Effect

The Best Practice Book from the EFFECT project is a compendium that shows insights about Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) in Europe. EFFECT has dug deep into the world of AES, by looking at how these plans perform, what makes them work economically, and if farmers find them acceptable. It has studied nine real-life cases across Europe to learn valuable lessons: this e-book is a guide that shares the details, challenges, successes, and lessons learnt of the 4 years of the project.

Are bees attracted by flower richness? Implications for ecosystem service-based policy J. Liira, I. Jürjendal - Ecological Indicators 154 (2023)

Does participation in agri-environmental schemes increase eco-efficiency? Lajos Baráth, Zoltán Bakucs, Zsófia Benedek, Imre Fertő, Zsuzsanna Nagy, Enikő Vígh, Edith Debrenti, József Fogarasi

A conceptual framework for measuring transaction costs in agri-environmental schemes: an application to the Dutch collective scheme Melody Splinter and Liesbeth K. Dries (2023)

Making bird numbers count: Would Dutch farmers accept a result-based meadow bird conservation scheme? Insa Thiermann, Brechtje Silvius, Melody Splinter, Liesbeth Dries Ecological Economics 214 (2023)

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The Estonian case study revised the existing criteria of the Environmental Friendly Farming scheme of 2015 and experimentally tested many combination of monocultures and plant species mixtures in order to assess the most effective one for honeybees to forage. Read more about this case study here and download the printable version here.

This case study is based in Catalonia and it's focused on capacity building, environmental attitudes and incentives regulation, which constitute the main pathways for a successfull nutrients management in livestock fields. Read more about this case study here and download the printable version here.

In this case study in Denmark the project conducted a comprehensive investigation on existing agro-environmental policy problems, showing that a successful scheme is likely to require higher flexibility and more effective measures. Read more about the case study here and download the printable version here.