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Constraints to farming in the Mediterranean Alps: Reconciling environmental and agricultural policies

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  • Hinojosa, Leonith
  • Lambin, Eric F.
  • Mzoughi, Naoufel
  • Napoléone, Claude

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Better aligning agriculture and environmental policies is an important issue for Mediterranean areas. Minimizing conflicts between the two sectors requires better understanding farmers’ concerns. Using survey data among a sample of livestock farmers in the French Mediterranean Alps, we examine the main constraints they are confronted with. While France has adopted environmental policies aimed at the conservation of natural habitats and wildlife, which have contributed to a “rewilding” of mountains, farmers’ responses suggest that the growing presence of wolves is a major concern, in addition to institutional and market-related constraints. Given that grassland changes, notably agricultural land abandonment in Mediterranean areas, is considered as problematic for its consequences on agriculture, biodiversity and landscape management, we examine whether the constraints perceived by farmers are related to land abandonment. Applying a probit regression to our survey data, we show that farmers’ perception of the wolf’s presence is positively associated with the level of abandonment of alpine grasslands. It is the only perceived constraint significantly associated with land abandonment. Our results have implications for the design of land use policies to support the permanence of mountain farming and to help livestock breeders confront their particular constraints.

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  • Hinojosa, Leonith & Lambin, Eric F. & Mzoughi, Naoufel & Napoléone, Claude, 2018. "Constraints to farming in the Mediterranean Alps: Reconciling environmental and agricultural policies," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 726-733.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:75:y:2018:i:c:p:726-733
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.047
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    1. Hinojosa, Leonith & Lambin, Eric F. & Mzoughi, Naoufel & Napoléone, Claude, 2016. "Place attachment as a factor of mountain farming permanence: A survey in the French Southern Alps," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 308-315.
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