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Dutch farmers' views on public and private incentives for soil health improvements

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  • Thiermann, Insa
  • Stagni, Francesco
  • Dries, Liesbeth

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Attention to soil health has increased in recent years. Healthier soils can result from extensifying farming practices which increase soil organic matter, and research shows that farmers often need to be financially incentivied to implement such practices. Financial incentives can be provided through agri-environmental contracts between farmers and public entities, through payments from food value chain actors for more sustainable production, or more recently, also through payments from carbon credit markets.

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  • Thiermann, Insa & Stagni, Francesco & Dries, Liesbeth, 2025. "Dutch farmers' views on public and private incentives for soil health improvements," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 230(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:230:y:2025:i:c:s0308521x25002203
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104480
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