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Economic effects of on-farm nature conservaion for dairy farms

, 2007
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The Nature of the Farm

The Journal of Law and Economics, 1998
Abstract Using a model based on a trade‐off between moral hazard incentives and gains from specialization, this paper explains why farming has generally not converted from small, family‐based firms into large, factory‐style corporate firms. Nature is both seasonal and random, and the interplay of these qualities generates moral hazard, limits the gains
Allen, Douglas W., Lueck, Dean
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Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature

Science, 2005
World food demand is expected to more than double by 2050. Decisions about how to meet this challenge will have profound effects on wild species and habitats. We show that farming is already the greatest extinction threat to birds (the best known taxon), and its adverse impacts look set to increase, especially in developing countries.
Rhys E, Green, Stephen J, Cornell, Jörn P W, Scharlemann, Andrew, Balmford   +3 more
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The Role of the Concept of the Natural (Naturalness) in Organic Farming

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2003
Producers, traders, and consumers oforganic food regularly use the concept of thenatural (naturalness) to characterize organicagriculture and or organic food, in contrast tothe unnaturalness of conventional agriculture.Critics sometimes argue that such use lacks anyrational (scientific) basis and only refers tosentiment.
Verhoog, H., Matze, M., Lammerts Van Bueren, E., Baars, A.   +3 more
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Nature Farming: History, Principles and Perspectives

Journal of Crop Production, 2001
The history, principles and perspectives of nature farming, as advocated by Mokichi Okada, a Japanese philosopher in 1935, are described. According to Okada, the principles of nature farming must fulfill five requirements: (1) produce safe and nutritious food that ensures good health; (2) be economically and spiritually beneficial to both producers and
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Natural Asset Farming

2022
Farm dams, creeklines, vegetation and rocky outcrops are natural assets that are essential for healthy, sustainable farms. Protecting and enhancing these elements of natural capital on farms not only supports biodiversity, but also contributes to farm productivity and to the well-being of farmers and farming communities. Natural Asset
David B. Lindenmayer, Suzannah M. Macbeth, David G. Smith, Michelle L. Young   +3 more
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The Nature of the Farm

2003
The Nature of the Farm is a theoretical and empirical study of contracts and organization in agriculture based on the transaction cost framework. Transaction costs are important in agriculture because nature (for example, seasonality, weather, pests) plays such a critical role in determining output and limiting the ability of farmers to specialize. The
Douglas W. Allen, Dean Lueck
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Nature and Farming

2013
Conserving and enhancing native biodiversity on farms brings many benefits as well as providing many challenges. Nature and Farming explains why it is important to sustain native plants and animals in agricultural landscapes, and outlines the key issues in developing and implementing practical approaches to safeguarding native biodiversity in rural ...
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Natural Farming

As another extended example of poiesis in action, this chapter reviews an approach to farming developed by Masanobu Fukuoka in Japan after World War II. Fukuoka’s route to so-called natural farming hinged on staging deliberate dances of agency between Fukuoka and his land, which eventually settled down as technique to a choreography of agency, plugging
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