24.3.2014: Forschung CH

Motivationen der Schweizer Landwirte für die Umsetzung von ökologischen Ausgleichsflächen

La motivation des paysans suisses pour l’installation de surfaces de compensation écologique


Robert Home et al.

Positive Erfahrungen mit Naturschutzmassnahmen, Vertrauen in die Zielerreichung der unternommenen Anstrengungen und finanzielle Anreize sind die Hauptmotivationen von Schweizer Landwirten des Mittellandes für die Umsetzung von ökologischen Ausgleichsflächen. Dies zeigen qualitative Interviews bei 15 Landwirten bezüglich ihrer Haltung gegenüber dem Naturschutz.

Des expériences positives avec des mesures de protection de la nature, une confiance d'atteindre les objectifs fixés avec les efforts entrepris et des incitations financières sont les principales motivations des paysans suisses du Plateau pour mettre en place des surfaces de compensation écologique. C'est ce que révèlent 15 interviews de paysans sur leur attitude par rapport à la protection de la nature.


Swiss farmers receive subsidies for reserving ecological compensation areas on their farms with the aim of encouraging biodiversity, but recent studies have found that the existing system of incentives is insufficient to halt biodiversity loss in the Swiss agricultural landscape. An effective targeting of incentives is needed to motivate farmers to implement conservation measures on farmland. The primary aim of this study is to identify the motivations that contribute to the intention of Swiss farmers to engage in conservation on their farms. Fifteen Swiss lowland farmers were interviewed using qualitative interviews and their responses to questions about their attitudes toward nature conservation were categorised and classified according to Ajzen's (1991) theory of planned behaviour. It was found that the farmers' identities and their experiences with past nature conservation measures combine with their expectations of direct benefits, such as financial incentives, and their trust that the measures will produce the desired outcomes, to form a behavioural attitude. The sampled Swiss farmers display a strong sense of fairness, which drives them to comply with subjective norms, although they feel torn between a societal expectation to conserve nature and a wish to appear productive to their peers. We conclude by recommending that any changes to the policy framework should be undertaken in a consultative process and that Swiss lowland farmers be allowed the flexibility to implement measures that will produce the best conservation outcomes on their farms.

Quelle: FIBL


Keywords:
Ökologische Ausgleichsflächen, Motivation, Landwirte, Umwelt-Programme

Art der Publikation:
Fachpublikation

Literatur:
Home R. et al. (2014): Motivations for implementation of ecological compensation areas on Swiss lowland farms. Journal of Rural Studies 34, 26-36.
http://www.fibl.org/de/mitarbeiter/home-robert.html

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Robert Home
Departement für Sozioökonomie

FiBL

Ackerstrasse 113

CH-5070 Frick

robert.home@fibl.org
Tel: +41 (0)62 865 72 15


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