Modifier l’utilisation des terres dans les paysages agricoles : incitatifs et programmes de conservation
In this paper, commissioned by CAPI, the author examines agri-environmental conservation programs in Canada which have tended to rely on subsidized conservation. Well-functioning land and credit markets, combined with widely available public and private extension, suggest that there are few barriers to the use of conservation practices that provide on-farm benefits to farmers and landowners (Lichtenberg 2014). There is therefore little justification for subsidies to encourage adoption of a conservation practice like zero tillage, which provides substantial on-farm benefits.