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Land sharing vs. land sparing for biodiversity: how agricultural markets make the difference

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  • Marion Desquilbet

    (INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Bruno Dorin

    (CIRED - centre international de recherche sur l'environnement et le développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, CSH - Centre de sciences humaines de New Delhi - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Denis Couvet

    (CERSP - Conservation des espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations - MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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We show that whether intensive or extensive farming is most beneficial to biodiversity depends on the equilibrium of agricultural markets. With higher production costs, extensive farming tends to be more beneficial to biodiversity than intensive farming, except when there is a very high degree of convexity between biodiversity and yield. Extensive farming is detrimental to consumers while its effect on agricultural producers is indeterminate. It has no straightforward effect on food security, but could decrease the pressure on protected areas. Additional demand f reinforces the preference for extensive farming, especially in the case of animal feed.
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  • Marion Desquilbet & Bruno Dorin & Denis Couvet, 2015. "Land sharing vs. land sparing for biodiversity: how agricultural markets make the difference," Post-Print hal-01686169, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01686169
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    2. Guy Meunier, 2020. "Land-sparing vs land-sharing with incomplete policies [Rethinking the causes of deforestation: lessons from economic models]," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 47(2), pages 438-466.
    3. Ilaria Brunetti & Mabel Tidball & Denis Couvet, 2018. "Relationship between biodiversity and agricultural production," CEE-M Working Papers halshs-01936005, CEE-M, Universtiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro.
    4. Jacqueline Loos & Henrik Von Wehrden, 2018. "Beyond Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing Constitutes Sustainable Agriculture in European Cultural Landscapes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-11, May.
    5. Ilaria Brunetti & Mabel Tidball & Denis Couvet, 2018. "Relationship between biodiversity and agricultural production," Working Papers halshs-01936005, HAL.
    6. Ilaria Brunetti & Mabel Tidball & Denis Couvet, 2018. "Relationship between biodiversity and agricultural production," Working Papers hal-02791015, HAL.
    7. Desquilbet, Marion & Maigné, Elise & Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette, 2018. "Organic Food Retailing and the Conventionalisation Debate," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 194-203.

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