The environmental consequences of current land use include loss of healthy soils, water, landscapes and atmosphere. Consequences for ecosystem services, however, vary widely depending on how commodities are produced. This variation is represented in the ‘management swing potential’ as the difference between ‘best’ and ‘worst’. Negative side effects on ecosystem services beyond those of direct relevance for the farm tend to be externalities to the decision making, as long as they are not priced in the farmgate price that a farmer receives.
Publication year
2017
Authors
van Noordwijk, M.; Leimona, B.
Language
English
Keywords
ecosystem services, incentive
