Determinants of the reduction of herbicide use through Agricultural Environmental Schemes

EAGESTAD INRA; Several public policies have been set up at the regional, national and European levels to reduce the negative impacts of intensive agriculture. Here, we wonder what are the determinants – social, economic, etc. - of the reduction of herbicide use? We focus the determinants of farmers' adoption of agri-environmental schemes (AES). Many factors influence farmers’ adoption. First, the importance of farm incomes in total incomes have been shown to be negatively correlated to AES adoption. The same conclusion was observed with the total family time spent at work. A determinant which is important for the probability to contract is the total farm labour supply per year (family and n…

Déterminants des pratiques agricoles en matière d'utilisation des herbicides