A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes

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dc.creatorPiñeiro, Valeria
dc.creatorArias, Joaquín
dc.creatorDürr, Jochen
dc.creatorElverdin, Pablo
dc.creatorIbáñez, Ana María
dc.creatorKinengyere, Alison
dc.creatorMorales Opazo, Cristian
dc.creatorOwoo, Nkechi
dc.creatorPage, Jessica R.
dc.creatorPrager, Steven D.
dc.creatorTorero, Maximo
dc.date2020-10-12
dc.date2020-10-27T13:47:53Z
dc.date2020-10-27T13:47:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:38Z
dc.descriptionThe increasing pressure on agricultural production systems to achieve global food security and prevent environmental degradation necessitates a transition towards more sustainable practices. The purpose of this scoping review is to understand how the incentives offered to farmers motivate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and, ultimately, how and whether they result in measurable outcomes. To this end, this scoping review examines the evidence of nearly 18,000 papers on whether incentive-based programmes lead to the adoption of sustainable practices and their effect on environmental, economic and productivity outcomes. We find that independent of the incentive type, programmes linked to short-term economic benefit have a higher adoption rate than those aimed solely at providing an ecological service. In the long run, one of the strongest motivations for farmers to adopt sustainable practices is perceived benefits for either their farms, the environment or both. Beyond this, the importance of technical assistance and extension services in promoting sustainable practices emerges strongly from this scoping review. Finally, we find that policy instruments are more effective if their design considers the characteristics of the target population, and the associated trade-offs between economic, environmental and social outcomes.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/109995
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114312
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294042
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePiñeiro, V.; Arias, J.; Dürr, J.; Elverdin, P.; Ibáñez, A.M.; Kinengyere, A.; Morales Opazo, C.; Owoo, N.; Page, J.R.; Prager, S.D.; Torero, M. (2020) A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes. Nature Sustainability 3, p. 809–820. ISSN:2398-9629.
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectagricultural practices
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectincentives
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjecteconomic impact
dc.subjecttechnical aid
dc.subjectextension activities
dc.subjectquality of life
dc.subjectprácticas agrícolas
dc.subjectincentivos
dc.subjectsostenibilidad
dc.subjectliterature
dc.subjectsustainable agriculture
dc.subjectgood agricultural practices
dc.titleA scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes
dc.typeJournal Article

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