Societal and economic options to support grassland-based dairy production in Europe

IF 0.9 4区农林科学 Q3 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research Pub Date : 2021-06-04 DOI:10.15212/IJAFR-2020-0128

A. Dasselaar, T. Becker, A. B. Fernández, G. Peratoner

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Abstract

Grassland-based dairy production provides multiple benefits to farmers and to the wider society, but the European grassland area has been significantly reduced during the last decades. This paper aims to explore societal and economic options to support grassland-based dairy production in Europe. In the recent past, several societal initiatives have emerged to stimulate grassland-based dairy production: treaties, premiums and market concepts. When developing stimulating initiatives, the mindset of the farmer should be taken into account. Farmers are key actors when it comes to maintaining and improving grassland-based dairy production systems since they decide on the day-to-day management of the farm. To maintain grassland-based dairy production and to preserve the associated ecosystem services, it is, therefore, necessary to clearly show the importance of this production system for society to the farmers (show the customer perspective) and to support this by valuing the products from these systems accordingly. “New” business models should financially reward farmers for their added value contributions in delivering ecosystem services.

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支持欧洲草原乳制品生产的社会和经济选择

以草原为基础的乳制品生产为农民和更广泛的社会提供了多种好处，但在过去几十年中，欧洲草原面积大幅减少。本文旨在探索支持欧洲草原乳制品生产的社会和经济选择。在最近的一段时间里，出现了一些刺激草原乳制品生产的社会举措：条约、溢价和市场概念。在制定刺激性举措时，应考虑到农民的心态。农民是维护和改善草原奶制品生产系统的关键参与者，因为他们决定了农场的日常管理。因此，为了维持以草原为基础的乳制品生产和保护相关的生态系统服务，有必要向农民清楚地表明这种生产系统对社会的重要性（从客户的角度来看），并通过相应地评估这些系统的产品来支持这一点。“新”商业模式应在经济上奖励农民在提供生态系统服务方面做出的附加值贡献。

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Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

>36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research is a peer reviewed open access scientific journal published by Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland). Manuscripts on any aspect of research of direct relevance to Irish agriculture and food production, including plant and animal sciences, food science, agri environmental science, soils, engineering, buildings, economics and sociology, will be considered for publication. The work must demonstrate novelty and relevance to the field of research. Papers published or offered for publication elsewhere will not be considered, but the publication of an abstract does not preclude the publication of the full paper in this journal.