A5060231585- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Forest Management and Policy
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Rural development and sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Agricultural economics and policies
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Global Trade and Competitiveness
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Agriculture Market Analysis Ukraine
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
BOKU University
2015-2024
Technical University of Munich
2003-2009
Rural Development Institute
2008
Institute of Agricultural Economics
2008
Agricultural expansion and intensification have boosted global food production but come at the cost of environmental degradation biodiversity loss. Biodiversity-friendly farming that boosts ecosystem services, such as pollination natural pest control, is widely being advocated to maintain improve agricultural productivity while safeguarding biodiversity. A vast body evidence showing agronomic benefits enhanced service delivery represent important incentives adopt practices enhancing However,...
Agricultural landscapes affect regional development and competitiveness in a way far beyond the production of agricultural commodities. However, comprehensive assessments relevant cause-effects between landscape are complex they require range ecological, economic social aspects to be considered. This study proposes an stakeholder-based 'Analytic Network Process' applied nine European case-study areas order assess role actors, ecosystem services, socio-economic benefits system. The results...
Agri-environmental policies and planning influence agricultural landscape management, thus the capacity to deliver services contribute rural viability. Numerous models frameworks have been developed improve comprehension of mechanisms interrelationships between policies, socio-economic values benefits. As social-ecological systems, landscapes are closely depending from socio-institutional territorial context specific locality. The paper proposes an enhanced framework for assessing these by...
Farm investments in the European Union are supported by governmental programmes. The evaluation of this programme is challenged through voluntary participation and heterogeneous observation units. Therefore, we combine Matching Method with Difference-in-Difference estimation order to overcome these problems estimate impact farm-investment activities on economic performance Austrian farm holdings. In particular, detect an increase production, land renting capital borrowing. Furthermore, a...
To meet global demands towards food security, safety as well sustainable agriculture and systems innovative approaches are inevitable. Despite the growing body of literature in both innovation research values aims, what has been explored to a lesser extent is bridging link between these areas. This study represents first step addressing this relationship. Policy- decision-makers foster agriculture, since on-farm adoption have attracted their attention means enhancing competitiveness socially...
Summary Understanding and measuring the sustainability of farms is key to evaluating progress towards policy goals for a more sustainable agriculture. In LIFT project, farm typology was developed classify according their ecological performance, based on farm‐level variables from Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Selected are used assess three dimensions farming: total input intensity; degree circularity (reliance own‐produced versus external inputs); avoidance use specific inputs concern...
The diversification of farms can be a result multifunctional farming, however, in some cases at the cost lower farm efficiency. In our paper we investigate influence para-agricultural on productivity and technical efficiency organic Austria, Switzerland, Southern Germany. We show benefits drawbacks for farms, which go beyond core agricultural production (para-agriculture). do this by estimating Stochastic Frontier (SF) combined with metafrontier model. data-set consists bookkeeping data 1704...
Increases in the size of agricultural fields, loss permanent green field edges and other semi-natural habitats have accompanied intensification agriculture, are still ongoing. From a farm economic perspective, an increase increases efficiency mainly due to cost savings. However, recent evidence suggests that might lead ecosystem services provided by farmland biodiversity, but this trade-off is rarely considered. Here, we aim quantify ecological effects these changes developing bio-economic...
In Europe, growing concerns about the environmental impacts of agriculture have stimulated development more efficient governance options to be included in, or complement, current agri-environmental policies. However, a significant hurdle for implementation enhanced policy tools is difficult adaptation promising approaches, such as collective contracts and private-based payments services, locally specific, socio-economic institutional contexts different European regions. this study, we apply...
Farmers' pro-environmental action is substantially influenced by various stakeholders from their business and social environment. Recent studies recommend actively involving influential in agri-environmental initiatives, information or media campaigns. While it has been argued that farmers' perceptions towards these can help inform effective involvement, comprehensive assessments of remain scarce, particularly the context biodiversity-friendly farming. To understand compare stakeholder...
The provision of public goods by agriculture and forestry has taken increasing importance in the policy debate. objective this editorial is to set scene for special issue, provide a summary main messages from papers therein, highlight most relevant lessons learnt generate insights future research. results that there need investigate further both micro-mechanisms decision-making, value creation coordination among actors, including micro-level issues design, address topic goods, taking...
Abstract In order to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, the European Union (EU) promotes extensive farming. However, identifying such farms across countries assessing their performance for policy purposes remains challenging. This paper combines a latent class stochastic frontier model (LCSFM) with novel nested metafrontier approach. The resulting enables identification of intensive countries, estimation farm efficiency different technology gaps. Based on Farm Accountancy Data...
The study analyses the contribution of relevant economic actors to provision private and public goods in agricultural landscapes. A method consisting a multi-sectoral perspective an integrated approach based on analytic network process (ANP) use selected local stakeholders is applied. usefulness demonstrated three European case studies Austria, Italy Spain. results show that agriculture tourism are sectors contribute most least, respectively, services Moreover, underscore policy instruments...
Summary Food systems require reorientation to take greater account of interactions with the environment, economy, health and society. Transitions agroecological farming practices can connect policy areas realise environmental, economic social aims. These transitions provide a lens for reviewing policy, practice behaviours actors in value chains, identification barriers uptake, which they contribute or where there are gaps. Developing human capital, governance structures that enable...
This article investigates the influence of socio-psychological factors on farmers' intention to perform result-based agri-environmental schemes for improved provision biodiversity and soil quality. We present a Structural Equation Model, which uses an extended Technology Acceptance Model as theoretical basis better understanding decision-making. Results from survey 235 Austrian farmers show that behavioural such self-efficacy, perceived risk, subjective norm directly or indirectly impact...
European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform not only has an impact on agriculture, but also significant effects rural areas. This is caused specifically by decoupling direct payments from agricultural production, which will increase the market orientation of agriculture. Based analysis CAP reform, this article suggests a number key tasks for future research In particular, greater focus behavioural aspects farmers and integration agriculture into regional local structures recommended.
The aim of this paper is to elicit the marginal willingness pay (MWTP) for improved provision public goods (PGs) by agriculture in a region intensive agricultural production, embodying many environmental problems related within and outside European Union (EU). Our analysis was based on participatory approach, combining involvement local stakeholders discrete choice experiment (DCE) Marchfeld Austria. We estimated random parameters logit model (RPL), including interactions with...