TY - JOUR
T1 - Result-oriented agri-environmental schemes in Europe: A comment
AU - Moxey, A.P.
AU - White, Ben
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Result-oriented agri-environmental schemes offer some potential advantages that merit exploration. However, supporting the caution expressed by Burton and Schwarz in an earlier issue of this journal, this short note offers some additional observations on the need to retain a broader perspective of options for improving scheme performance through a mixed approach: a result-oriented approach will not by itself address all current design weaknesses and improvements may not necessarily require a payments-by-results approach. For example, better spatial targeting, payment differentiation and monitoring are equally compatible with action-oriented schemes. Moreover, achieving innovation and flexibility may require appropriate advisory support, which again is not restricted to a result-oriented approach. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Result-oriented agri-environmental schemes offer some potential advantages that merit exploration. However, supporting the caution expressed by Burton and Schwarz in an earlier issue of this journal, this short note offers some additional observations on the need to retain a broader perspective of options for improving scheme performance through a mixed approach: a result-oriented approach will not by itself address all current design weaknesses and improvements may not necessarily require a payments-by-results approach. For example, better spatial targeting, payment differentiation and monitoring are equally compatible with action-oriented schemes. Moreover, achieving innovation and flexibility may require appropriate advisory support, which again is not restricted to a result-oriented approach. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
U2 - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.04.008
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-8377
VL - 39
SP - 397
EP - 399
JO - Land Use Policy
JF - Land Use Policy
ER -