Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.04.011 |
Document | accepted manuscript |
Title (Primary) | Don’t throw efficiency out with the bathwater: A reply to Jeffery and Verheijen (2020) |
Author | Bartkowski, B. |
Source Titel | Environmental Science & Policy |
Year | 2021 |
Department | OEKON |
Volume | 122 |
Page From | 72 |
Page To | 74 |
Language | 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. |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | 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 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.04.011 |