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Economic incentives to the adoption of low input cropping systems: the case of multi-resistant wheat cultivars in France

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  • Femenia, Fabienne
  • Letort, Elodie

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Our main objective is to analyze the effects of policy instruments that could provide agricultural producers economic incentives to the adoption of innovative cropping practices and thereby allow a reduction of pesticide use. To do so, we combine economic data, reflecting the intensive cropping practices currently used in France, and experimental agronomic data, on a low input technology, to estimate econometric models. These models are then used to conduct policy simulations. Our results show that without public incentives producers would not adopt the new technology. We also show that a tax on pesticides generates larger effects when these low input practices are available to farmers.

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  • Femenia, Fabienne & Letort, Elodie, 2014. "Economic incentives to the adoption of low input cropping systems: the case of multi-resistant wheat cultivars in France," 2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia 182743, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:eaae14:182743
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.182743
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