Blondel, Serge; Joffre, Olivier; Planchais, Gaël and Simon, Eric (2012) Should Sustainable Development Rely on Financial Incentives? Lessons from the CTE Experiment in the Loire Valley. International Business Research, pp. 56-64.
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Summary
The Contrat Territorial d’Exploitation (CTE), land use contract, was a significant experiment in France in the early 2000s. Farmers were offered financial incentives in exchange for more organic farming practices, as part of a sustainable development (SD) approach. Using a database of 462 farms in the Maine-et-Loire region, we tried to investigate the true motivation for signing a CTE: was it financial or ecological? In other words, were farmers simply maximising their profits or was there a broader objective? Our results indicate the former to be true. This means that a policy may encourage SD, but farmers cannot be expected to adhere to it without a financial incentive.
EPrint Type: | Journal paper |
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Subjects: | "Organics" in general |
Research affiliation: | France > INRAe - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement |
ISSN: | ISSN: 1913-9012 |
DOI: | 10.5539/ibr.v5n10p56 |
Project ID: | HAL-INRAe |
Deposited By: | PENVERN, Servane |
ID Code: | 40452 |
Deposited On: | 12 Aug 2021 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2021 10:37 |
Document Language: | English |
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