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Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior.

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Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior. / Bell, Andrew Reid; Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy ; Bhargava, Apurva et al.
In: Communications Earth and Environment, Vol. 4, No. 27, 27, 08.02.2023.

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Bell, AR, Rakotonarivo, OS, Bhargava, A, Duthie, AB, Zhang, W, Sargent, R, Lewis, AR & Kipchumba, A 2023, 'Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior.', Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 4, no. 27, 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

APA

Bell, A. R., Rakotonarivo, O. S., Bhargava, A., Duthie, A. B., Zhang, W., Sargent, R., Lewis, A. R., & Kipchumba, A. (2023). Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior. Communications Earth and Environment, 4(27), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

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Bell AR, Rakotonarivo OS, Bhargava A, Duthie AB, Zhang W, Sargent R, Lewis AR, Kipchumba A. 2023. Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior. Communications Earth and Environment. 4(27):Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

MLA

Bell, Andrew Reid et al. "Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior.". Communications Earth and Environment. 2023. 4(27). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

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Bell AR, Rakotonarivo OS, Bhargava A, Duthie AB, Zhang W, Sargent R et al. Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior. Communications Earth and Environment. 2023 Feb 8;4(27):27. Epub 2023 Feb 8. doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

Author

Bell, Andrew Reid ; Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy ; Bhargava, Apurva et al. / Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior. In: Communications Earth and Environment. 2023 ; Vol. 4, No. 27.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Financial incentives often fail to reconcile agricultural productivity and pro-conservation behavior.

AU - Bell, Andrew Reid

AU - Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy

AU - Bhargava, Apurva

AU - Duthie, A. Bradley

AU - Zhang, Wei

AU - Sargent, Rebecca

AU - Lewis, Amy R.

AU - Kipchumba, Adams

PY - 2023/2/8

Y1 - 2023/2/8

N2 - Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could in theory better align production and conservation goals. We show, however, that across a range of conservation dilemmas, they might not. We conduct a synthesis of dynamic games experiments built around collective action dilemmas in conservation, played across Europe, Africa, and Asia. We find, across this range of dilemmas, that while payments can encourage pro-conservation behavior, they often fail to capitalize on the potential for jointly improving productive and environmental outcomes, highlighting the more nuanced challenge of reconciling livelihoods with conservation goals. We further find production (yield) and the joint production-environment product (i.e., a measure of agricultural production multiplied by a measure of pro-conservation practice) are better preserved in groups that are more educated, more gender diverse and that better represent women. We discuss how the design of incentive programs can better align livelihood and environment goals.

AB - Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could in theory better align production and conservation goals. We show, however, that across a range of conservation dilemmas, they might not. We conduct a synthesis of dynamic games experiments built around collective action dilemmas in conservation, played across Europe, Africa, and Asia. We find, across this range of dilemmas, that while payments can encourage pro-conservation behavior, they often fail to capitalize on the potential for jointly improving productive and environmental outcomes, highlighting the more nuanced challenge of reconciling livelihoods with conservation goals. We further find production (yield) and the joint production-environment product (i.e., a measure of agricultural production multiplied by a measure of pro-conservation practice) are better preserved in groups that are more educated, more gender diverse and that better represent women. We discuss how the design of incentive programs can better align livelihood and environment goals.

U2 - 10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

DO - 10.1038/s43247-023-00689-6

M3 - Article

VL - 4

JO - Communications Earth and Environment

JF - Communications Earth and Environment

SN - 2662-4435

IS - 27

M1 - 27

ER -