The technical and economic effects of biodiversity standards on wheat production
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European Review of Agricultural Economics. 2024-01-25
English Abstract
Abstract Our paper assesses the technical and economic effects of adopting environmental standards aimed at favouring biodiversity on wheat production. We consider two standards with different levels of environmental ...Read more >
Abstract Our paper assesses the technical and economic effects of adopting environmental standards aimed at favouring biodiversity on wheat production. We consider two standards with different levels of environmental stringency. We use data on French wheat production at the plot level from the period 2014–2020. We implement an endogenous switching regression model taking into account two sources of endogeneity, environmental standards adoption and inputs quantity use. Our results indicate that adopting the more stringent standard slightly decreases wheat yield and quality. In contrast, it induces a low increase in wheat price. The price premium of the more stringent environmental standard merely compensates for the negative effect of the standard’s adoption on quality.Read less <
English Keywords
Environmental standard
Biodiversity
Agricultural practices
Endogenous Switching regression
Selection bias
Input endogeneity