Abstract The European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has failed to achieve its
aim of preserving European farmland biodiversity, despite massive investment in subsidies …

A better understanding of why EU farmers choose to join agri-environmental schemes
(AESs) is vital to help policy makers design programmes that would be more attractive to …

There has been growing interest in policy and among scholars to consider culture as an
aspect of sustainable development and even as a fourth pillar. However, until recently, the …

Investigating Cultural Sustainability is a European research network focused in a
multidisciplinary perspective on the relationship between culture and sustainable …

Increasing interest is being shown in result-oriented agri-environmental schemes. Such
schemes have the advantage of encouraging farmers to innovate to produce environmental …

Climate change presents the need and opportunity for what the Stern report called 'major,
non-marginal change'. Such transformational adaptation is rapidly emerging as a serious …

Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive
theorisation of the concept of the'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of …

Many agricultural studies have observed a relationship between farmer demographic
characteristics and environmental behaviours. These relationships are frequently employed …

Agri-environmental incentive programs seek to compensate farmers for changes to enhance
ecosystem services and/or biodiversity, yet enrolling participants is a common challenge …

Farmer decision making in relation to chemical fertiliser and manure use is of great concern
to policy makers. Inefficient use can lead to both environmental pollution and financial …