Details zur Publikation |
| Kategorie | Textpublikation |
| Referenztyp | Zeitschriften |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.04.011 |
| Volltext | Akzeptiertes Manuskript |
| Titel (primär) | Don’t throw efficiency out with the bathwater: A reply to Jeffery and Verheijen (2020) |
| Autor | Bartkowski, B. |
| Journal / Serie | Environmental Science & Policy |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2021 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Band/Volume | 122 |
| Seite von | 72 |
| Seite bis | 74 |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | Agri-environmental policy; Incentive payments; Soil functions; Soil health |
| Abstract | In this communication, I reply to the recent article by Jeffery and Verheijen (2020) ‘A new soil health policy paradigm: Pay for practice not performance!’. While expressing support for their call for a more pronounced role of soil protection in agri-environmental policy, I critically discuss the two main elements of their specific proposal: its emphasis of the concept of soil health and the recommendation to use action-based payments as the main policy instrument. I argue for using soil functions as a more established concept (and thus more adequate for policy purposes), which is also informationally richer than soil health. Furthermore, I provide a more differentiated discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of result-based and action-based payments, while addressing the specific criticisms towards the former that Jeffery and Verheijen voice. Also, I suggest an alternative approach (a hybrid model-based scheme) that addresses the limitations of both Jeffery and Verheijen’s own proposal and the valid criticisms they direct at result-based payments. |
| dauerhafte UFZ-Verlinkung | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=24534 |
| Bartkowski, B. (2021): Don’t throw efficiency out with the bathwater: A reply to Jeffery and Verheijen (2020) Environ. Sci. Policy 122 , 72 - 74 |
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