Effects of agri-environment schemes on farm-level eco-efficiency measures: Empirical evidence from EU countries

农业环境计划对农场生态效率措施的影响——来自欧盟国家的经验证据

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来源：

Journal of Agricultural Economics

来源地址：

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1477-9552.12520

资源所属：

一带一路农业专题

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学术文献

语种：

英语

原文发布日期：

2022-11-06

摘要：

The European Union (EU) budget allocated to agri-environmental schemes (AES) has increased consistently over the past 20 years. European citizens should expect effective spending of these public funds, so investigation of the effects of these schemes on both environmental benefits and farm efficiency is warranted. We examine the effects of European agri-environmental schemes on farm-level eco-efficiency. Our analysis combines data envelopment analysis and impact assessment methods to evaluate the impact of scheme payments on eco-efficiency measures. Our results suggest that there is considerable scope for eco-efficiency improvements, both for dairy and crop production. Results also show that the average change in eco-efficiency scores does not vary significantly between AES participants and non-participants, which questions the effectiveness of present AES.