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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS
Volume 65, Issue 3, Pages 539-565Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12432
Keywords
climate change; discussion groups; nutrient management; propensity score matching; spatial analysis
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This study evaluates the impact of Participatory Extension Programmes (PEPs) on the uptake of climate change mitigation practices and soil management, while emphasizing the importance of spatial effects in farmers' decision-making. By combining spatial econometric analysis and propensity score matching, the study provides reliable insights for decision-makers on the potential contribution of PEPs towards achieving climate change mitigation targets.
Participatory extension programmes (PEPs) are a popular policy tool to stimulate the uptake of climate change mitigation practices on a farm level. Given the public investment in PEPs, reliable evaluation is important. However, few studies evaluate climate change PEPs. Moreover, the evaluations conducted so far do not correctly account for potential spatial effects, such as the influence of neighbouring farms on PEP participation. Therefore, this paper estimates the impact of PEP participation on the uptake of a climate change mitigation practice and soil management, and identifies the importance of spatial effects on PEP participation. A spatial propensity score matching method is applied to a dataset from Scotland, consisting of 134 PEP and 184 control farmers. The results show that PEP participation facilitates the uptake of soil management practices and that spatial dependence exists in farmers' decision-making, indicating the need for the inclusion of spatial factors. This study contributes to the current literature by combining spatial econometric analysis and propensity score matching to conduct a quantitative evaluation of a climate change PEP. The evaluation methodology provides decision-makers with reliable insights into the potential contribution of PEPs towards climate change mitigation targets.
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